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Borough Ensures Quality Measures Up

For more than 50 years injection moulding and chrome plating specialist Borough, has built a reputation for the quality of both its components and its service.

17 Oct 2014

Collaboration To Develop Graphene-Enhanced Lithium-ion Battery For Electric Buses

Graphene NanoChem is pleased to announce that Platinum Nanochem Sdn Bhd; its wholly-owned subsidiary, has entered into a product development and collaboration agreement (“Agreement”) with Sync R&D Sdn Bhd (“Sync R&D”) on a joint initiative to develop a ‘next generation’, graphene-enhanced lithium-ion battery solution for electric buses under the Electric Bus 1 Malaysia program .

17 Oct 2014

New Accessories for the Mastersizer 3000 Support Smarter Pharmaceutical Particle Size Analysis

New ‘third anniversary’ accessories for the Mastersizer 3000 from Malvern Panalytical reduce the time and cost of developing and validating robust methods for pharmaceutical particle size analysis.

From Malvern Panalytical 16 Oct 2014

Ultrasound Waves Power Piezoelectric Implant Device Wirelessly

Researchers at Stanford University have developed an ultrasound-powered, tiny electronic device for medical implant applications. These devices can be powered wirelessly, and now the researchers are trying to further reduce its size.

By Will Soutter 16 Oct 2014

ZEISS Congratulates Chemistry Nobel Laureates, Underlines Value of Superresolution Microscopy

ZEISS congratulates Eric Betzig, Stefan Hell and William Moerner on winning the 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. All three underscored the value of microscopy in research with their discovery of methods to achieve superresolution.

From ZEISS Microscopy GmbH 16 Oct 2014

UC Biologists Study Gecko Adhesive System for Downhill Locomotion

University of California biologists have discovered that geckos are able to smoothly climb downhill because of their ability to alter the orientation of their feet. They selected the Chondrodactylus bibronii (gecko) for the research due to its preference for different habitats and as it does not have functional claws.

16 Oct 2014

Researchers Develop Eco-Friendly, Carbon Nanotubes-Based Flat Panel Lights

A new type of carbon nanotubes-based, flat, energy-efficient light source has been developed by researchers from the Tohoku University in Japan. This light source challenges the dominance of LEDs as the most energy-efficient lighting solution. It demonstrates a very low 0.1Wh power consumption that is approximately hundred times lower than the consumption of standard LEDs.

16 Oct 2014

Keithley Introduces IVy, the First Smart Device App for Source Measure Unit (SMU) Instruments

Keithley Instruments, a world leader in advanced electrical test instruments and systems, has developed a free app for Android™-based smartphones and tablets that interacts with a Keithley Series 2600B SourceMeter SMU in...

From Keithley Instruments - Electronic Instruments 15 Oct 2014

Pittcon Announces Topics for Conferee Networking Sessions

The Pittcon Organizing Committee has recently announced the topics for Conferee Networking during Pittcon 2015, which will be in New Orleans, Louisiana, Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, March 8-12, 2015. Conferee Net...

From Pittcon 15 Oct 2014

Verotec Helps Improve Aviation Safety and Wind Farm Efficiency

Verotec, the specialist supplier of metal enclosures and subracks to the electronics industry, has worked closely in a design and manufacturing partnership with a UK-based world class Motion Systems Integrator. In the...

15 Oct 2014

Styron Highlights Performance Plastics at Fakuma: Introduces Products for Automotive and Other Consumer Markets

Styron, the global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex and rubber, will highlight its Performance Plastics and Styrenics portfolios from October 14 – 18 at the Fakuma international trade fair in F...

From Trinseo 15 Oct 2014

Protein-Based Smart Materials Demonstrate Extreme Sensitivity to the Environment

A new class of protein-based, smart materials has been created by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. These materials could help develop new kinds of drug release systems, flow valves, biological sensors and sensitive, flexible coatings that can manufactured at low-cost on an industrial scale.

15 Oct 2014

Nanotronics’ Microscope nSPEC® 3D Captures Nanoscale 3D Images

Nanotronics Imaging, a provider of advanced nanoimaging solutions, has unveiled its latest computer-controlled microscope, the nSPEC® 3D at the 2014 International Elastomer Conference organized by the American Chemical Society in Nasheville, Tennessee, between October 14 and 16.

15 Oct 2014

Nano-Alloy with Unique Morphology Enables Super-Efficient Oxygen Reduction

Researchers from China and Sweden used advanced theoretical and experimental investigations to report how a new nano-alloy made up of palladium nano-islands set in tungsten nanoparticles forms a new type of catalyst for highly effective oxygen reduction.

15 Oct 2014

Metamaterial Illusion Coating Makes Objects Invisible to Remote Inspection

Electrical engineers at Penn State have developed an illusion coating that makes an object look like something else. They have reported this study in the scientific journal, Advanced Functional Materials.

By Stuart Milne 15 Oct 2014