Researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology have developed solar cells made of silicon fibres coated in glass, which require 90% less silicon for production and can function with 1000 times less pure silicon than conventional versions.
By Alexander Chilton
25 Oct 2014
Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have developed a new method for the fast manufacturing of electrode foils which enables the production of lithium-ion batteries at lower costs. The new technology increases the production speed of electrode foils by a factor of three.
By Alexander Chilton
25 Oct 2014
Peak Industrial, sister company of Peak Scientific is delighted to be exhibiting for the first time at PCVEXPO from 28-31 October, Crocus Expo, Moscow, Russia.
Join the team at Hall 1, Booth A311, where our Industrial...
Peak Scientific is delighted to be exhibiting once again at Lab-Tech from 28 – 30 October, Gulf Hotel, Bahrain.
A global leader in laboratory gas generation, Peak Scientific offers innovative gas solutions to su...
Mecmesin, a leading British designer of force and torque testing equipment, has acquired Flexible Machining Systems Ltd (FMS), an established aerospace accredited, precision machining business.
Flexible organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells over 6m long and 50cm wide have been produced by a recent pan European collaborative research and development project named “FabriGen“.
The project, which involved...
Researchers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory have discovered that a cubic garnet material (LLZO) could be used as a critical separator material in order to develop high-energy batteries.
By Alexander Chilton
24 Oct 2014
On Friday, September 12, 2014, over 200 Michelman employees around the world put their corporate work down and embraced a day of giving back to their communities. This is the third annual “Global Day of Service” Michelman has held.
An international team of researchers from the University of Manchester, Bielefeld University and the Universidad de Zaragoza have successfully reached temperatures of one Kelvin above absolute zero using magnetic molecules, in an experiment known as sub-Kelvin cooling.
By Alexander Chilton
24 Oct 2014
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastic L+S GmbH will be exhibiting its extended Meldin® product portfolio at this year’s CTI Symposium in Berlin Germany at Booth # C15 & D14.
A revised and expanded catalogue of fixtures, grips and testing accessories is now available from Mecmesin.
Mecmesin is an established global brand in force and torque testing, providing complete solutions, comprising t...
Songwon Industrial Co., Ltd. and its distributor United Trading System (UTS) have signed a long-term cooperation agreement to supply the Russian petrochemical company, SIBUR with additives used in polypropylene, polyethy...
Dow Corning, a global leader in silicones, silicon-based technology and innovation, today announced that Dow Corning® ES-5600 Silicone Glycerol Emulsifier won first prize in the SEPAWA Innovation Award 2014 competiti...
Their two opinions could hardly have been more different: Dr Stephan Kirchmeyer strongly believed in the “dream” that organic and printed electronics would be on the market in high-volume applications someday.
Less than three years after the introduction of its high-end signal processing platform UHFLI Lock-in Amplifier, Zurich Instruments (ZI) is proceeding with the next integration step and offering a new fully featured digitizer option for the UHFLI. This latest extension is the first time that a lock-in amplifier has been equipped with the capability of storing a raw digitized signal along with demodulated samples.