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Panacol Presents New Optical Grade Adhesives at Photonics West

Panacol will feature new optical grade resins and adhesives for imprint and optical bonding applications at the SPIE Photonics West exhibition in San Francisco CA, USA from 30 January to 1 February 2024.

From Panacol-Elosol GmbH 13 Dec 2023

Harper Furnace Installed for Direct Air Capture

A custom engineered, 24-inch rotary tube furnace built by Harper International for Heirloom Carbon Technologies is enabling America’s first commercial Direct Air Capture facility in California’s Central Valley.

From Harper International 13 Dec 2023

Decoding the Secrets of Distant Worlds: Swiss Collaboration to Help Elevate Exoplanet Research to New Heights

The quest to unravel the universe's mysteries takes a leap forward as the Near Infra Red Planet Searcher (NIRPS) consortium has received a cutting-edge boost from CSEM's laser frequency comb technology.

From CSEM 13 Dec 2023

Mentice Enters Agreement to Acquire All Substantial Assets from Biomodex, a Leading Provider of 3D-Printed Vessels and Flow Systems

Mentice AB announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire all substantial assets from Paris-based company Biomodex for a purchase price of 200,000 EUR, following a decision by their board to dissolve operations.

12 Dec 2023

Velo3D Sapphire Printers Become the First Metal 3D Printers to Achieve the U.S. Department of Defense’s Green-level STIG Compliance

Velo3D, Inc., a leading metal additive manufacturing technology company for mission-critical parts, today announced its Sapphire family of 3D printers are the first to achieve the U.S. Department of Defense’s Green-level STIG Compliance.

12 Dec 2023

Euro Manganese Welcomes New €3 Billion Fund Proposed by the European Commission to Boost Growth of the EU Battery Industry

Euro Manganese Inc. welcomes the proposal by the European Commission and recent remarks made by Executive Vice-President Maroš Šefcovic on financial support for European producers of electric vehicle batteries.

12 Dec 2023

Sustainable Production and Degradation of Plastics Using Microbes

One of the most essential materials in contemporary life is plastic, which is predicted to create 1.23 billion tons by 2060 from an annual production of 460 million tons.

12 Dec 2023

Using TEM to Uncover Aluminum Corrosion at an Atomic Level

Researchers at Binghamton University are exploring how Environmental Transmission Electron Microscopy (ETEM) can be leveraged to understand corrosion at an atomic level. Their findings could affect ongoing efforts both in the fields of corrosion resistance and clean energy production.

By Skyla Baily 12 Dec 2023

Genral Plastics CEO Receives 2023 Distinguished Chemistry Award

Congratulations are in order for General Plastics’ President and CEO, Mitchell Johnson Ph.D, as he recently received the Distinguished Chemistry Alumni Award from the University of Utah. The Department of Chemistry...

From General Plastics Manufacturing 12 Dec 2023

Living Concrete: BioFibers Revolutionize Building Material Durability

In hopes of producing concrete structures that can repair their cracks, researchers from Drexel University's College of Engineering are putting a new twist on an old trick for improving the durability of concrete.

12 Dec 2023

Biopolymer Composite Films as Multifunctional Plastics Substitute

According to a recent study from North Carolina State University, materials with increased structure obtained from seaweed and crustaceans could serve as a part of a next-generation solution to the problem of replacing petroleum-based plastic films.

12 Dec 2023

Developing Cotton-based Fiber With Electric Conductivity

A single strand of fiber created at Washington State University possesses the electrical conductivity of a polymer called polyaniline and the flexibility of cotton.

12 Dec 2023

ABB Wins Global Consulting Firm’s Company of the Year Award for Excellence in Emissions Monitoring

ABB has received the prestigious award from Frost & Sullivan for vision, innovation and technical expertise in emissions monitoring and methane gas leak detection The award recognizes ABB’s commitment to sup...

From ABB Measurement & Analytics 12 Dec 2023

ABB to Add Optical Sensors to Four More GHGSat Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Satellites

Under a new contract, ABB will build the hyperspectral cameras for four GHGSat satellites set to launch in 2024 Performance in orbit of seven ABB-built optical sensors delivered to GHGSat between 2021 and 2023 has ex...

From ABB Measurement & Analytics 12 Dec 2023

ABB Launches Digital Asset Performance Management Platform for Instrumentation

The ABB Ability™ SmartMaster asset performance management platform gathers, analyzes and verifies diagnostic data from field devices, helpting to increase efficiency of operations in the water, wastewater, chemic...

From ABB Measurement & Analytics 12 Dec 2023