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Michelman Launching Variety of Solutions for Engineered Wood Panel Manufacturers at 2014 EWTA Info Fair Supplier Exhibition

Visitors to Michelman’s booth at the 2014 EWTA Info Fair Supplier Exhibition will be introduced to a trio of new Michem® Wood Release solutions for manufacturers of pMDI as well as conventional resin-based engi...

From Michelman Inc 6 Nov 2014

Perfecting Printing Ink Performance Malvern Analytical Systems Deliver Essential Data to Domino

Analytical systems from Malvern Panalytical are now used routinely to advance inkjet formulation at Domino Printing Sciences plc in the UK, one of the world’s leading printing technology companies.

From Malvern Panalytical 6 Nov 2014

Alicat Releases Gas Select™ 5.0 Firmware for its Mass Flow Meters and Controllers

Alicat Scientific has expanded its Gas Select™ firmware to include a library of up to 130 preloaded gases, referenced to NIST Prop 9, and an industry-first utility for defining mixed gas compositions.

From Alicat Scientific, Inc. 6 Nov 2014

Harper Partners with University of Colorado Boulder to Engineer Cutting-Edge R&D System for Advanced Magnesium Processing

Harper International, world leader in thermal processing solutions for advanced materials, has finalized a contract for a research scale high-temperature reactor to support University of Colorado Boulder’s developm...

From Harper International 6 Nov 2014

Analytik Jena Establishes Subsidiary in India

Analytik Jena AG has established its own subsidiary in India, AJ Instruments India Pvt. Ltd., in order to strengthen its presence in the Indian market. The subsidiary is based in New Delhi, from where the Company will se...

From Analytik Jena US 6 Nov 2014

Morgan Advanced Materials Launches New Web-Based Heat Transfer Calculator

Morgan Advanced Materials announces the launch of Heat Flow, a completely enhanced online steady-state heat transfer calculator. The Heat Flow application allows users to simulate an unlimited number of heat transfer ...

From Morgan Advanced Materials 6 Nov 2014

Pulsing Laser Helps Create Synthetic Nanodiamond Films from Graphite

Researchers from the Purdue University stumbled upon a novel technique that uses a pulsing laser to produce synthetic nanodiamond patterns and films from graphite, while trying to analyze a technique to strengthen metals. Their discovery is likely to impact a wide range of applications such as biosensors, computer chips, quantum computing, and fuel cells.

By Stuart Milne 6 Nov 2014

NASA’s Massive Robotic Arm for Aerospace Applications

Researchers from NASA's Langley Research Center have designed a huge robotic arm that collects spools of carbon fibers and moves in a preprogrammed pattern to arrange these fibers in a 40-foot long bed, to fabricate aerospace structures and parts.

By Stuart Milne 6 Nov 2014

Sodium-Based Metal Hydride Material Could Enhance Rechargeable Battery Performance

An international team of scientists have discovered a safe sodium-based material which could be used as a cost-effective alternative to the lithium-based conductors currently used in rechargeable batteries.

By Alexander Chilton 6 Nov 2014

New LEXAN™ Film from SABIC Helps Smart Card Manufacturers Increase Security and Combat Counterfeiting

Smart card, passport and e-ID manufacturers will be able to integrate next level security features using a patented UV laser-technology thanks to the new LEXAN SD film overlay, a polycarbonate (PC) based material from SABIC, launched at the Cartes Secure Connexions trade show in Paris.

From SABIC Innovative Plastics 5 Nov 2014

Touchscreen Source Measure Unit Instrument from Keithley Offers Higher Current Sourcing and Measurement, Broader Range of Applications

Keithley Instruments, a world leader in advanced electrical test instruments and systems, announces the Model 2460 SourceMeter® Source Measure Unit (SMU) Instrument, the company’s latest benchtop SMU instrument with a capacitive touchscreen graphical user interface (GUI).

From Keithley Instruments - Electronic Instruments 5 Nov 2014

Rigaku Publishes Method for Analysis of Silicone Coating on Paper and Plastic

Applied Rigaku Technologies, Inc. has published a new application report detailing the analysis of silicone coating on paper and plastic.

From Rigaku Corporation 5 Nov 2014

Bruker Announces Industry Leading Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry for Life Science Research Analysis

Bruker Corporation has announced the evolution of their maXis™ line of ultrahigh-resolution quadrupole time-of-flight (UHR-qTOF) mass spectrometers, bringing industry-leading resolution and mass accuracy to the liquid chromatography, time-of-flight MS market space.

From Bruker 5 Nov 2014

'Self-healing Polymers' Bulletin from Smithers Rapra

The Polymer Library team at Smithers is pleased to announce the launch of their new ‘Self-healing Polymers’ bulletin.

From Smithers Rapra 5 Nov 2014

Enzymatic Fuel Cells Operate at Ambient Temperature without Igniting Fuel

Researchers from the University of Utah have designed a fuel cell which is able to operate at room temperature using enzymes to produce electricity from the jet fuel without burning the fuel.

By Alexander Chilton 5 Nov 2014