A joint research team from Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has drawn inspiration from fish scales to create a radical material which balances outstanding anti-penetration characteristics with flexibility.
By Beth Ellison
16 Mar 2015
A University of Arizona (UA) startup, has entered into a licensing agreement for synthesis of biosurfactants which could replace oil-based chemicals.
By Beth Ellison
16 Mar 2015
Passing ASTM E595 testing for NASA low outgassing, Master Bond MasterSil 920-LO is a high performance, room temperature vulcanizing silicone for sealing, coating and small encapsulations.
Leica Microsystems introduces the modular Leica DMi8 inverted microscope platform for industrial applications.
Vidisco has launched the Powerful WifiX, its latest digital portable X-ray accessory for extra long-range wireless communication. X-ray operators will be able to swiftly and easily perform scans from up to a mile away by just clicking a button.
Rainer Erdmann, Managing Director at PicoQuant co-chaired a special plenary session to celebrate Nobel Prize winners Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell and W.E. Moerner, who received the coveted Nobel Prize in Chemistry last year for their revolutionary work in super-resolution fluorescence microscopy.
Bibby Scientific Middle East will be exhibiting at Arab Lab 2015. The analytical industry's major industrial show will run from 23nd to 26th March at the Dubai International Exhibition Centre.
OSI Laser Diode, Inc. (LDI), an OSI Systems Company, introduces the SCW 1632-350R, a high-power, pulsed laser diode module for optical testing applications.
CRAIC Technologies, a leading innovator of UV-visible-NIR microanalysis solutions, is proud to announce the addition of circular polarization spectroscopy capabilities to CRAIC microspectrophotometers.
An ultrathin flexible material developed by the researchers at the University of California at Berkeley behaves as a chameleon-like skin by changing colour on demand during the application of force.
By Alexander Chilton
13 Mar 2015
Researchers in Saarbrücken and Haifa have shown that a single protein species can produce explicit effects on crystal structure formation.
The continuous evolution of the aviation industry allows it to create lighter aircraft, minimize fuel consumption and associated emissions, and establish more-efficient recycling systems to allow reusing of the valuable materials used in aircraft building.
Physicists at Utrecht University have theoretically designed the 'holy grail' of material science. The material possesses graphene’s special electronic properties along with some properties which graphene does not have at room temperature.
By Alexander Chilton
13 Mar 2015
A group of researchers at Caltech has designed a novel electrically conductive film that provides a promising means to develop devices that can harness sunlight to change water into hydrogen fuel.
By Will Soutter
12 Mar 2015
Horizon Technology, is pleased to announce the addition of two new membrane drying devices to the current DryDisk and DryDisk Barrel line. The new DryDisk-R is an inexpensive replacement for sodium sulfate in routine laboratory work. “The low cost and convenience makes it especially attractive for production laboratories,” says William Jones, Director of Chemical R&D.