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Columbia Researchers Develop Cheaper, More Efficient Method for Isolating Isotopes

New research published in Science Advances, led by Yuan Yang, associate professor of materials science at Columbia Engineering, and collaborators at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, demonstrates a novel technique for isolating isotopes.

14 Jul 2023

Vianode Selected for Grant Award from EU Innovation Fund for Large-Scale Battery Materials Plant

Vianode, a Norwegian producer of advanced battery materials with a greener footprint, has been selected for a EUR 90 million EU Innovation Fund grant preparation for a large-scale plant to upscale innovative production of synthetic graphite.

14 Jul 2023

Unmanned Maritime Vehicle Market to Reach Over $3.1 Billion by 2033, Forecasts GlobalData

Unmanned maritime vehicles (UMVs) are expected to play a significant role in future naval warfare. Developments in Ukraine have shown the world that unmanned maritime platforms can effectively operate hundreds of miles away from their home ports.

14 Jul 2023

Breakthrough Flow Battery Set to Redefine the Energy Storage Landscape

Researchers based at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have made a breakthrough in redox flow battery technology using a simple sugar additive that could address key concerns while enhancing grid energy resilience.

By David J. Cross 13 Jul 2023

Upgrade or Replace? Making the Right Choice for your aging NMR Instrument

Peabody, MA – As many legacy NMR instruments are no longer eligible for service from major players that have exited the space, members of the scientific community are faced with a choice: Keep their magnet and upgr...

From JEOL USA, Inc. 13 Jul 2023

Cornell Researchers to Decarbonize Concrete Industry with $4 Million DOE Grant

Concrete creates resilient floors, highway bridges and city sidewalks, but its usefulness comes at a cost: Concrete production causes more than 8% of carbon emissions, nearly four times as much as the aviation industry.

13 Jul 2023

Using Argonne’s Exascale Supercomputer to Speed Up Catalysis Research

Researchers are developing exascale software tools to enable the design of new chemicals and chemical processes for clean energy production.

13 Jul 2023

Study Sheds Light on the Mechanism Behind Metal-Insulator Transition in a Special Material

New research sheds light on the mechanism behind how a special material changes from an electrically conducting metal to an electric insulator. The researchers studied lanthanum strontium nickel oxide (La1.67Sr0.33NiO4) derived from a quantum material La2NiO4.

13 Jul 2023

Renault and Geely JV to Challenge Top Players in Powertrain Technologies in Long Run, Says GlobalData

Renault Group and Geely signed a joint venture agreement to launch a powertrain technology company.

13 Jul 2023

Kaman Highlights the DIT-5200L Noncontact Differential Impedance Transducer

The Measuring Division of Kaman Precision Products, Inc., the world leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance position measurement systems, highlights the DIT-5200L noncontact differential impedance transducer, which offers true differential for common mode rejection at an economical price

13 Jul 2023

Seamless Digital RT Workflow with DRIVE NDT and D-Tect X from DÜRR NDT

For an optimal digital workflow in radiographic testing (RT), the X-ray inspection software D-Tect X can be integrated with the NDT management software DRIVE NDT.

13 Jul 2023

Using Solar Hydrogen in Metal Oxides as Charge-Transfer Barriers

Climate-neutral hydrogen will be a crucial fuel and raw resource in the future. Water is electrolyzed to produce hydrogen, either indirectly (using a solar panel or wind turbine to provide voltage to the electrolysis cell) or directly (using a photoelectrochemical cell, or PEC cell), where the photoelectrode itself provides the electrical energy for electrolysis.

13 Jul 2023

Mecmesin Expands OmniTest UTM Range

Mecmesin, a renowned global leader in the design and manufacturing of force, materials, and torque testing equipment for quality control, proudly announces the expansion of their OmniTest universal testing machine (UTM) ...

From Mecmesin 12 Jul 2023

An Approach to Develop Cheaper Lithium Discovered

Lithium is turning out to be the new gold, thanks to its increasing applications of lithium-ion batteries in computers, electric cars, and portable devices influencing the price and impacting the supply of the comparatively rare metal.

12 Jul 2023

New Insights Gained Regarding BIC Phenomenon

A study group headed by Professor Junsuk Rho from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Department of Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. candidates Dongwoo Lee, Jeonghoon Park, and Seokwoo Kim from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) efficiently established bound states for the first time in the continuum via the use of an acoustoelastic coupling structure.

12 Jul 2023