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Hosokawa Micron is a Double Finalist in the Chemicals Northwest Awards 2015

Hosokawa Micron Ltd is proud to have been shortlisted as a finalist in two separate categories of the Chemicals Northwest Awards. ‘With a record number of entries for the awards this year and judges commenting o...

From Hosokawa Micron Ltd 17 Feb 2015

Picosun Expands Production Capacity for ALD Equipment

Picosun Oy's doubled production capacity for ALD systems ensures rapid delivery, enhancing customer support and meeting the needs of high-volume manufacturers.

From Picosun Oy 17 Feb 2015

LECO Announces LECOSET® 7008 - Transparent-Curing Sample Mounting Resin for Metallography

LECO has added a new product to their Metallography consumable lineup, designed to make sample mounting more efficient and precise.

From LECO Corporation 17 Feb 2015

New Research into Producing and Replicating Non-Spherical Particles

Researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have conducted a new study on how various non-spherical particles could be created by releasing molten wax droplets into a bath ...

16 Feb 2015

Magnons and Phonons Interact to Increase Stability of Iron at High Temperatures

Researchers at Caltech’s Division of Engineering and Applied Science have discovered that the magnetism of iron plays a role in how the material is able to take on various forms.

16 Feb 2015

EyeCheck Offers Software for Automated Packaging Inspection

The consumer is more and more aware of quality, especially when buying food or pharmaceuticals. Therefore the overall appearance is quite a big decision criterion. A sufficient inspection of the packaging increases the customer's confidence and therewith also the sales figures.

16 Feb 2015

Researchers Study Distortions in Atomic Structure of Materials Using STEM

North Carolina State University researchers have developed a new technique to observe tiny deformities in complex materials at atomic level and identify the cause of such distortions.

By Alexander Chilton 16 Feb 2015

Mimicking Biological Processes Helps Improve Lithium Ion Batteries

Researchers from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) have harnessed the power of natural materials to build better lithium ion batteries.

By Will Soutter 13 Feb 2015

‘Best Practice’ in Carbon Control of Sintering Improves Quality of Metal-Injection-Molded Parts

Linde, a leading global industrial gases company, and Megamet Solid Metals, a custom metal-injection molding company, have shown that the quality of metal-injection molded (MIM) parts could be significantly enhanced by following a ‘Best Practice’ in controlling the carbon potential in the sintering zone.

From Linde plc 13 Feb 2015

Liquid-Infused Polymers Repel Bacterial Build-up on Medical Devices

A research team from the Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering has carried out a new study on a powerful, long-lasting repellent surface technology for use with medical materials to avert infections due to biofilms.

13 Feb 2015

Molybdenum Disulfide Has Promise for Extremely High-Temperature Electronics

Researchers from the University of California, Riverside and the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have collaborated in a study to discover that molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) material may hold promise for producing thin-film transistors for applications in extreme temperature environments. The team has reported the method to manufacture molybdenum disulfide thin-film transistors and their performance at high temperatures to demonstrate the potential of the material for extreme-temperature electronics.

13 Feb 2015