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Panacol is New ACOP Member

International adhesives manufacturer Panacol is the newest member of ACOP (Aachen Center for Optics Production) as of December 2022.

15 Mar 2023

Using “Crab Carbon” to Create Battery Anode Materials

Anyone who has ever relished lobster tails or fresh crab legs can confirm how challenging it is to get through their tough shells.

14 Mar 2023

A Major Step in 3D Laser Printed Materials for Medical Devices

Scientists have taken a big leap towards 3D laser-printed materials that can be employed in surgical procedures to repair or implant medical devices.

14 Mar 2023

Development of Piezoelectric Materials Simplified by New Ideal Protocol

Scientists develop a “best practice” protocol for researchers designing piezoelectric materials. This is the first of its kind in this advanced field of technology.

14 Mar 2023

Scientists Create Perovskites with Unique Properties from Mineral Shells of Algae

Perovskites are materials that are increasingly popular for a wide range of applications because of their remarkable electrical, optical, and photonic properties. Perovskite materials have the potential to revolutionize the fields of solar energy, sensing and detecting, photocatalysis, lasers, and others.

14 Mar 2023

Researchers Pioneer a Technique to Observe 3D Internal Structure of Rechargeable Batteries

Lancaster University researchers have pioneered a technique to observe the 3D internal structure of rechargeable batteries for the first time.

14 Mar 2023

Curtin Computational Chemist Awarded Prestigious Dorothy Hill Medal

A leading Curtin University computational chemist has been named the 2023 recipient of the Dorothy Hill Medal for her outstanding contributions to the field of earth sciences.

14 Mar 2023

SMART Researchers Develop the World's First Microneedle-Based Drug Delivery Technique for Plants

Researchers from the Disruptive & Sustainable Technologies for Agricultural Precision (DiSTAP) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) of Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore, and their collaborators from Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (TLL) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), have developed the first-ever microneedle-based drug delivery technique for plants.

14 Mar 2023

Investigation to Test 3D Printed Materials for Satellite Manufacturing Launching on SpaceX CRS-27

As 3D printed rockets, car parts, and even homes begin to hit the market on Earth, L3Harris Technologies aims to leverage the International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory in its search for durable materials to 3D print satellite components.

14 Mar 2023

F1 Subcontractor Accelerates Quality Control

Founded in 2011, toolmaking and subcontract machining company GT Tooling (www.gttoolingltd.co.uk) spent one year using conventional manual metrology equipment to measure the components it was milling and turning before investing in a 3D articulating arm, a 6-axis model with a reach of 1.2 metres.

14 Mar 2023

PerkinElmer Completes Divestiture of its Applied, Food and Enterprise Services Businesses

PerkinElmer Inc., today announced that it has successfully completed the previously announced divestiture of its Applied, Food and Enterprise Services businesses to New Mountain Capital, a growth-oriented investment firm.

From PerkinElmer 14 Mar 2023

Hiden Analytical Launches New Dissolved Species Applications Catalogue

Hiden Analytical, a leading manufacturer of mass spectrometers and plasma diagnostic tools, is pleased to announce the launch of its new dissolved species applications catalogue.

From Hiden Analytical 14 Mar 2023

New Alkaline Anion Exchange Membranes Developed

The development of alkaline anion exchange membranes (AAEMs) is important to the global sustainable hydrogen energy landscape, like the principal component of alkaline exchange membrane water electrolyzers (AEMWEs) and alkaline exchange membrane fuel cells (AEMFCs).

13 Mar 2023

Developing a Versatile and Scalable Nanofabrication Platform

Investigators recently developed and evaluated an effective and scalable technique for producing soft polymer materials in a variety of structures, or “morphologies,” ranging from ribbons and nanoscale sheets to rods and branched particles.

13 Mar 2023

Researchers Demonstrate a New Reaction on AIE-Based Phospholes

The absorbed energy is released in the form of rotational motion, causing the molecules to spin like a propeller in the solvent. In a crystalline state, however, the ability to rotate is severely limited, which makes the substances fluoresce strongly under UV light.

13 Mar 2023