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New Model of Oxygen-Ion Dynamics Contributes to YSZ Conductivity in Fuel Cells

Yttria stabilized zirconia, also known as YSZ, is a material of great interest because of its relatively high oxygen-ion based conductivity. In particular, it finds applications in electrochemical devices, such as solid oxide fuel cells and oxygen sensors.

From Springer - Science and Technology Publishers 28 Feb 2013

New Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Food

How to meet the world’s growing appetite for sustainable food production and how to create novel medical devices to improve healthcare are two of the biggest research priorities of the 21st century.

28 Feb 2013

DNV KEMA Finalizes Sale of Non-Destructive Testing Business to 3angles

An agreement has been finalized for the sale of DNV KEMA's Americas Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) business to 3angles, Inc. (3angles). This strategic initiative enables DNV KEMA to grow its core generation advisory and implementation services in energy, while maintaining a partner that can deliver the NDT-specific testing services many projects require.

28 Feb 2013

Gastank’s New Type IV Glass Fiber Composite CNG Cylinders Receive UN ECE R110 Qualification

Gastank Sweden AB obtained the certificate according to UN ECE R110 regulation for its new Type IV Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) cylinders for motor vehicles. Using Dow’s composite resin technology together with HiPer-tex glass fiber from 3B, Gastank Sweden AB offers high-performing and cost effective pressurized gas cylinders to automotive, commercial transportation, and industrial areas.

From 3B the Fibreglass Company 28 Feb 2013

Brooks’s GF135 Pressure Transient Insensitive Mass Flow Controller to be Showcased at SEMICON China

Brooks Instrument, a world-leading provider of flow measurement and control instrumentation to the microelectronics industry, will launch the GF135 pressure transient insensitive (PTI) mass flow controller at SEMICON China, March 19-21 at Shanghai New International Expo Center.

28 Feb 2013

Carl Zeiss Expands Cambridge Site

The UK manufacturing and sales divisions of Carl Zeiss have cemented their roots in Cambridge with an expansion of their existing production site and the construction of new application laboratories, sales and service of...

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 27 Feb 2013

Instron Introduces New Precision Manual Wedge Grips

Instron®, a leading provider or testing equipment solutions designed to evaluate mechanical properties of materials and components, introduces the new precision manual wedge grips that provide reliable gripping for a...

27 Feb 2013

Advanced Line Of Environmental Chambers Introduced By Instron

Instron, a leading provider or testing equipment solutions designed to evaluate mechanical properties of materials and components, introduces an advanced line of environmental chambers for controlling temperature on mate...

27 Feb 2013

Instron Release Latest Version Of Bluehill 3 Software

Instron®, a leading provider of testing equipment designed to evaluate mechanical properties of materials and components, announces the release of their latest version of Bluehill® 3 Materials Testing Software, v...

27 Feb 2013

NREL Confirms New World Record for CdTe PV Solar Cell Conversion Efficiency

First Solar, Inc. today announced it set a new world record for cadmium-telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) solar cell conversion efficiency, achieving 18.7 percent cell efficiency in tests confirmed by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

27 Feb 2013

Navy Metalworking Center Celebrates ONR Manufacturing Technology Program Center of Excellence

Throughout 2013, the Navy Metalworking Center (NMC) is celebrating 25 years as an Office of Naval Research (ONR) Manufacturing Technology Program (ManTech) Center of Excellence and is looking to build on its advancements in metalworking and manufacturing technology.

27 Feb 2013

Researchers Demonstrate Stretchable Lithium-Ion Battery

Northwestern University’s Yonggang Huang and the University of Illinois’ John A. Rogers are the first to demonstrate a stretchable lithium-ion battery -- a flexible device capable of powering their innovative stretchable electronics.

27 Feb 2013

Glass Can Be Made Ductile or Brittle, Theoretically

In a paper published online Feb. 26 in the journal Nature Communications, a Yale University team and collaborators propose a way of predicting whether a given glass will be brittle or ductile — a desirable property typically associated with metals like steel or aluminum — and assert that any glass could have either quality.

27 Feb 2013

Element Materials Technology Purchases TESCAN Variable Pressure Scanning Electron Microscopes

Element Materials Technology Laboratories have purchased three TESCAN VEGA-XMU Variable Pressure Scanning Electron Microscopes to replace existing equipment.

27 Feb 2013

Microsemi to Lead Development of Novel Polymeric, Sintered Interconnection Materials

Microsemi Corporation, a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today announced that it has been elected to lead the Electronic Component Sintered Interconnections (ELCOSINT) industry team in developing novel polymeric, sintered interconnection materials to replace high lead (Pb) content materials and further increase the operating temperature of electronic assemblies.

27 Feb 2013