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Lloyd Instruments Adds a Special Grip for Mechanical Testing of Packaging Materials to Its Range

Lloyd Instruments has added a new packaging test fixture to its range of specialised grips and accessories for the Plus range of materials testing machines. This new fixture is designed to allow a pre-scored section of cardboard to be bent through 90 degrees and the maximum force required to perform this bending to be measured. The fixture is supplied with NEXYGEN software to compensate for any residual forces with moving the mechanism before the card sample is fitted.

From Lloyd Instruments Ltd. 30 Mar 2010

Turning Carbon Dioxide into Useful Products

UCL is involved in two new nanotechnology projects that seek to turn carbon dioxide into useful products.

30 Mar 2010

Carl Zeiss Receives Order from World Biggest Semiconductor Foundry

The World biggest semiconductor foundry from Taiwan has placed a combined order for the Mask Defect Repair System MeRiT® HR 32 and the Aerial Image Measurement System AIMS™ 32-193i from Carl Zeiss to prepare for the production of next generation high-end photomasks.

30 Mar 2010

Improving Solar Cell Efficiency Through Nanostructure

Imec announces that it has started work, together with its project partners, on PRIMA, a project under the EU's 7th framework program for ICT (FP7). The project's goal is to improve the efficiency and cost of sol...

From IMEC 30 Mar 2010

Purdue University Places Order for AIXTRON Black Magic Deposition System

AIXTRON AG today announced an order for one Black Magic deposition system from Purdue University's Birck Nanotechnology Center in West Lafayette, IN, USA. The order is for a 2 inch wafer configuration system for the ...

30 Mar 2010

New Study Suggests E20 Fuel Reduces Carbon Monoxide and Hydrocarbon Emissions in Automobiles

A new study by the Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies at Rochester Institute of Technology indicates that the use of E20 fuel, which blends 20 percent ethanol with gasoline, reduces the tail pipe emissions of hy...

29 Mar 2010

New Cement Product Lowers CO2 Emissions in Concrete

The cement used in Oslo's new Bjørvika tunnel kept 8,000 tonnes of CO2 from entering the environment -- the equivalent of 60 million vehicle trips through the tunnel. The more environment-friendly concrete is the result of intensive research collaboration.

29 Mar 2010

Symposium to Explore Future of Physics

Five prominent physicists from leading U.S. and European universities will explore the future of their discipline at "Frontiers in Physics," a daylong symposium presented by the Physics Department at The City C...

29 Mar 2010

New Mass Spectrometer Slated for Materials Characterization Lab

A mass spectrometer that will help researchers interpret and understand the history of the Earth system will join other instruments in the Penn State's multi-user Materials Characterization Laboratory, thanks to a $7...

29 Mar 2010

Special Solvent Making Cooking Oil Production More Environmentally Friendly

A Queen's University chemistry professor has invented a special solvent that may make cooking oil production more environmentally friendly. Philip Jessop, Canada Research Chair in Green Chemistry, has created a s...

29 Mar 2010

Scientists Discover World's Smallest Superconductor

The Ohio University-led study, published Sunday as an advance online publication in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, provides the first evidence that nanoscale molecular superconducting wires can be fabricated, which could be used for nanoscale electronic devices and energy applications.

29 Mar 2010

Engineering Yeast to Transform Sugars into Alcohols

Engineering yeast to transform sugars more efficiently into alcohols could be an economically and environmentally sound way to replace fossil fuels, say scientists presenting at the Society for General Microbiology's...

29 Mar 2010

Controlling the Way Liquids Spread Across a Surface

Controlling the way liquids spread across a surface is important for a wide variety of technologies, including DNA microarrays for medical research, inkjet printers and digital lab-on-a-chip systems.

29 Mar 2010

Students Awarded First Place at the 2010 Global Venture Challenge for Thin Polysilicon Solar Technology

Graduate students from the University of Arkansas and the University of Maryland received first place at the 2010 Global Venture Challenge that was hosted at Oak Ridge National Laboratory March 24-26. The challenge is...

29 Mar 2010