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The Impact of Metasurfaces on the Optical Device Industry

Metasurfaces, called invisibility cloak technology, are manipulable artificial materials. With metasurfaces enabling lenses to be lowered to one 10,000th the size of traditional lenses, they are producing a lot of interest as optical components for the next generation of virtual and augmented reality, as well as LiDAR.

30 Aug 2023

Radiative Cooling Could Help Combat Global Warming

A zero-carbon-emission cooling technology that uses no electricity and instead emits heat directly into space would be a game changer in a world experiencing increased heat stress.

30 Aug 2023

AMETEK Process Instruments Announces Addition of the 888L to the Sulfur Recovery Analyzer Line

AMETEK Process Instruments has introduced a new Sulfur Recovery Tail Gas Analyzer, the 888L.

From AMETEK - Process & Analytical Instruments 30 Aug 2023

Fabry–Perot-Based Phase Demodulation for Heterodyne LITES Sensor With Improved Performance

Trace gas sensors are used in different fields. Light-induced thermoelastic spectroscopy (LITES) has extremely high sensitivity and offers non-contact measurement, attracting extensive research attention.

30 Aug 2023

Nova PRISM 2 Selected by A Leading Foundry for Advanced Packaging Applications

Nova (Nasdaq: NVMI) announced today that one of the world’s leading foundry manufacturers recently selected Nova PRISM 2 for its advanced packaging process steps. Advanced packaging applications such as 3D-stackin...

30 Aug 2023

CRAIC Technologies Launches GeoImage™ Imaging Photometer for Vitrinite Reflectance Measurements

CRAIC Technologies, a leading innovator in scientific instrumentation for microscopy and microanalysis, is proud to announce the release of the GeoImage™ Imaging Photometer for Vitrinite Reflectance Measurements.

From CRAIC Technologies 30 Aug 2023

HydRegen Secure BBSRC, EPSRC and IUK Grant Funding to Unlock Sustainable Biocatalytic Hydrogenation

HydRegen, the biotechnology company enabling sustainable chemical manufacturing, and researchers from the University of Nottingham’s Faculty of Engineering collaborate in a project to unlock sustainable biocatalytic hydrogenation and receive grant funding from BBSRC, EPSRC and IUK to complete the feasibility study.

30 Aug 2023

Direct Power Generation from Methylcyclohexane Using Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

Researchers have successfully generated electricity directly from methylcyclohexane, an organic hydride, using solid oxide fuel cells, with lower energy than conventional catalytic dehydrogenation reactions.

30 Aug 2023

A Green Pathway to Produce Polyamides Using Dicarboxylic Acids

Polyamides exist in several different products, like parachutes of nylon, ropes for mountaineering, and materials for 3D printing. For these polyamides, dicarboxylic acids are utilized as chemical building blocks.

29 Aug 2023

Sulfur Cathode Engineering for Stable All-Solid-State Batteries

All-solid-state lithium–sulfur batteries (ASSLSBs) are known as one of the most potential next-generation energy storage devices for high safety, high energy density, and low price of sulfur.

29 Aug 2023

New $400,000 Grant Funds the Development of Integrated Papertronics

Imagine if you could build an electronic device made entirely of paper. A nontoxic, cost-effective and biodegradable alternative to silicon- and plastic-based components would be a game-changer for a planet quickly filling up with the “e-waste” of discarded gadgets and single-use sensors.

29 Aug 2023

Quantum Technology Opens New Doors for Understanding Basic Chemical Processes

Scientists at the University of Sydney have, for the first time, used a quantum computer to engineer and directly observe a process critical in chemical reactions by slowing it down by a factor of 100 billion times.

29 Aug 2023

New Transparent Thin-Film Solar Cell With Flexible Substrate Exhibits Different Reflective Colors

A research team led by Dr. Jung-dae Kwon from the Department of Energy & Electronic Materials at the Korea Institute of Materials Science(KIMS) has succeeded in realizing the world's first transparent thin-film solar cell on a flexible substrate that exhibits different reflective colours and does not significantly reduce solar cell's efficiency.

29 Aug 2023

Sandia Develops Molecule to Make Materials More Durable

A team at Sandia National Laboratories developed a molecule that helps change the way some materials react to temperature fluctuations, which makes them more durable.

29 Aug 2023

AMETEK Land Launches Enhanced SPOT+ Pyrometer Range, with Improved Communication Interfaces for Advanced Industrial Temperature Measurements

AMETEK Land, the world's leading manufacturer of monitors and analysers for industrial non-contact temperature measurement, has relaunched its market-leading SPOT pyrometer range with enhanced features and benefits for a wide range of industrial applications.

29 Aug 2023