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Understanding How Water Droplets Merge on the ISS

Understanding how water droplets spread and coalesce is essential for scenarios in everyday life, such as raindrops falling off cars, planes, and roofs, and for applications in energy generation, aerospace engineering, and microscale cell adhesion. However, these phenomena are difficult to model and challenging to observe experimentally.

14 Dec 2022

ABB Launches Sensi+™ – Revolutionary Analyzer for Natural Gas Quality Monitoring

ABB’s Sensi+ analyzer offers a reliable new solution which simplifies and reduces the cost of pipeline operation and maintenance. It enables safer, easier, and more efficient pipeline monitoring and operations through a single device that can analyze up to three contaminants (H2S, H2O, CO2) in any natural gas stream accurately and in real time.

From ABB Measurement and Analytics Analytical Products 14 Dec 2022

Manufacturing Durable Solid-State Batteries Using a Positive Electrode Material

Electric cars are often viewed as the greatest option for replacing traditional cars with a more environmentally friendly alternative. However, electric cars and other electric vehicles will almost certainly be powered by lithium-ion batteries, which currently do not provide the required performance and durability at an affordable price.

13 Dec 2022

New Machine Captures Carbon from Flue Gas and Converts to Ethylene

Engineers have built a machine that captures carbon from flue gas and converts it to ethylene. The device integrates a carbon capture system with an ethylene conversation system for the first time.

13 Dec 2022

Engineers Use High-Frequency Vibrations to Boost Hydrogen Production

Engineers in Melbourne have used sound waves to boost production of green hydrogen by 14 times, through electrolysis to split water.

13 Dec 2022

Atlas Copco Strengthens US Presence with New Manufacturing Facilities for the Semiconductor Industry

Edwards, part of the Atlas Copco Group, is opening the doors to two new manufacturing facilities in Arizona and Massachusetts to support the fast-growing North American semiconductor market.

From Atlas Copco AB 13 Dec 2022

New Generation Fast-charging Lithium-free Batteries to be Born in a Barcelona Startup

New-generation batteries are about to see the light thanks to the project being carried out by the company Napptilus Battery Labs (NBL) in collaboration with the Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology and Nanoscience (ICN2) at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, ??which has accreditation from the Spanish government as a Severo Ochoa Center of Excellence, for research and development of new energy storage technologies.

13 Dec 2022

SUNY Polytechnic Institute Announces Funding from Onto Innovation Inc. for Advanced Metrology Methods to Improve High Volume Manufacturing of Memory Chips

SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) announced today that Empire Innovation Professor of Nanoscale Science Dr. Alain Diebold has received funding from Onto Innovation Inc (“Onto Innovation” or “Onto”) to increase the capability of computer chip memory by characterizing the materials and multilayer structures which are used to fabricate high-aspect ratio 3D memory chips, such as DRAM.

13 Dec 2022

Illustrating the Untapped Potential of High-Pressure Research for Nitrogen Chemistry

An international group led by academics from the University of Bayreuth reveals previously undiscovered phosphorus-nitrogen compounds created under extreme pressures in the journal Chemistry - A European Journal.

12 Dec 2022

Reviewing TMDs in Biosensing Applications

Two-dimensional materials, such as transition metal dichalcogenide, have uses in public health due to their huge surface area and high surface sensitivity, as well as their outstanding electrical, optical, and electrochemical properties.

12 Dec 2022

Gold-Based Passive Heating for Eyewear

Researchers from ETH Zurich have developed a new transparent gold nanocoating that harnesses sunlight to heat the lenses of glasses, thereby preventing them from fogging in humid conditions.

12 Dec 2022

Transforming Solar: New Opportunities in the Realm of Ubiquitous Energy Generation

MIT researchers have designed a scalable solution that could transform solar cell technology and create new opportunities when it comes to producing solar energy.

By David J. Cross 12 Dec 2022

Recovered Gold Could be Applied to Making Medicines

Researchers have used gold extracted from electronic waste as catalysts for reactions that could be applied to making medicines.

12 Dec 2022

New Strontium-Loaded Scaffold Promotes Dental Implant Healing

A team of University at Buffalo researchers has developed a new strontium-loaded scaffold that can be personalized to fit any size dental implant and could help improve healing and tissue attachment in patients.

12 Dec 2022

Novel 2D Material can Help Create a New Class of Extremely Energy-Efficient IoT Sensors

A new type of active pixel sensors that use a novel two-dimensional material may both enable ultra-sharp cellphone photos and create a new class of extremely energy-efficient Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, according to a team of Penn State researchers.

12 Dec 2022