A research team at the University of Maryland (UMD) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has successfully determined the phenomenon of pole shift in thin cobalt films on the largest scale yet. Thin cobalt films appear to change their poles, which normally does not occur without an external magnetic field. The study was published in Physical Review B.
Singapore’s first urban solar electric car was recently built by the students of Nanyang Technological University (NTU). The car consists of a 3D-printed body shell that has 150 components. The NTU Venture (NV) 8, as its known, is fitted on a carbon fibre single shell chassis, and will be a part of the race in the Urban Concept category at the 2015 Shell Eco-marathon Asia, scheduled to take place in Manila between 26 Feb and 1 March.
Researchers from universities in Japan and China along with the Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have developed a new carbon variant - penta-graphene similar to a pentagonal pattern of tiles paved in the streets of Cairo. The material is a thin sheet of pure carbon with distinct structural properties.
By Alessandro Pirolini
4 Feb 2015
Specialists in forensic science will explain how Morphologically Directed Raman Spectroscopy (MDRS), a relatively new analytical technique for component-specific particle size and shape analysis, can be used to analyze h...
AXT is proud to announce that they have recently won a competitive tender to supply a high end x-ray diffractometer (XRD) to the University of Queensland.
The system that won the tender is a 9kW Rigaku SmartLab featur...
A research team from the University of Manchester and University of Sheffield has illustrated that 2D ‘designer materials’ can be developed to create transparent, flexible and high-efficiency electronic devices. The team headed by Nobel Laureate Sir Kostya Novoselov accomplished this feat by constructing LEDs at an atomic level. Their findings have been published in the scientific journal Nature Materials.
Scientists at the Rice University have suggested that a sinuous thread of odd rings at the boundary of two graphene sheets could provide more strength and semiconducting properties, which can be predicted.
By Stuart Milne
4 Feb 2015
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is the UK’s National Measurement Institute and is a world-leading Centre of excellence in developing and applying the most accurate measurement standards and science and technology available.
Biolin Scientific today launches a new software module, OneAttension QC, that enables batch mode analysis of industrial surfaces. The software will support quality control analysis in the coatings, automotive, medical device and paper industries.
Specialists in forensic science will explain how Morphologically Directed Raman Spectroscopy (MDRS), a relatively new analytical technique for component-specific particle size and shape analysis, can be used to analyze hoax powders used in bioterrorism attacks, at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) 2015 conference, February 16 – 25 2015, Orlando.
A research team from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University have discovered a significant problem in the next-generation solar cells being developed. The top layer of these solar cells are covered with tiny pinholes.
Researchers from the South Dakota State University (SDSU) have used a pyrolysis process to transform plant materials such as corn stover, native grasses and dried distillers grain solids (DDGS) into bio-oil and biochar, which could then be converted into graphene.
Exova Group plc, the global testing, calibration and advisory services provider, has won three major contracts to conduct materials testing and fire safety engineering for the new Doha Metro in Qatar.
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Researchers from the University of California at Berkeley and EPFL have conducted a collaborative study using computer simulations in order to determine the best material to store methane obtained from natural gas.
By Alexander Chilton
2 Feb 2015
Point Grey, a global leader in the design and manufacturing of innovative, high-performance digital cameras, today announced the introduction of the Chameleon®3, a new family of USB3 Vision™ board-level cameras.