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Cheap Powder Targets Thousands of Waterborne Bacteria

Around the world, at least 2 billion people regularly consume water tainted with pathogenic bacteria.

19 May 2023

Using a Fullerene-Derivative Interlayer to Enhance Solar Cell Energy Capture Efficiency

Solar cells are a critical component to the transition to renewable energy sources, and enhanced power conversion efficiency (PCE), or amount of power captured with a given amount of sunlight, increases the practicality of solar power in a society with high energy demands.

19 May 2023

New Prototype Metamaterial can Control the Direction and Intensity of Energy Waves

For more than 10 years, Guoliang Huang, the Huber and Helen Croft Chair in Engineering at the University of Missouri, has been investigating the unconventional properties of "metamaterials" -- an artificial material that exhibits properties not commonly found in nature as defined by Newton's laws of motion -- in his long-term pursuit of designing an ideal metamaterial.

19 May 2023

New LabRAM Odyssey is fully automated and ideally suited for both micro and macro measurements

Piscataway, NJ May 16, 2023 — HORIBA Scientific, world leader in Raman microscopy, announces the new LabRAM Odyssey, a fully automated and remotely controllable system. &...

From HORIBA Scientific 19 May 2023

How Easy Sample Preparation of Apples Could Be

Consistent and viable representation of sample preparation leads to more accurate and repeatable results for analysis. Obstacles in handling or reducing materials with varied sample size, moisture levels, physical attrib...

From FRITSCH GmbH - Milling and Sizing 19 May 2023

AIMPLAS is Working on Using End-of-Life Tyres to Create More Sustainable Materials with Improved Properties for Construction

Given that management of end-of-life tyres (ELTs) can have a major impact on the environment, more than 176,000 tonnes of ELTs are collected in Spain each year according to data from the SIGNUS collection system.

From Aimplas 19 May 2023

CBD Based-Antimicrobial Coating to Extend Shelf Life

The strawberries at the bottom of a box from the grocery store or a local farm stand would have started to rot.

18 May 2023

Unravelling the Complex Characteristics of Would-be Superconducting Material

What makes some materials carry current with no resistance? Scientists are trying to unravel the complex characteristics.

18 May 2023

How to Control Magnetic Vortices in an Antiferromagnet?

A recent study demonstrated for the first time how electrical creation and regulation of magnetic vortices in an antiferromagnet can be accomplished, a finding that would boost the data storage capacity and speed of next-generation devices.

17 May 2023

New Hydrogel Solar Evaporator Resembles Janus Structure

Desalination is regarded as one of the most efficient solutions to address the growing worldwide shortage of freshwater supplies. However, there is a catch: to implement large-scale applications, effective and inexpensive evaporation materials are essential.

17 May 2023

Potential for More Energy-Efficient Electronics with New 2D Material

Germanene, a two-dimensional material made up of germanium atoms, is demonstrated to function as a topological insulator by researchers from the University of Twente.

17 May 2023

Imaging Electron Orbital Signatures in Two Different Transition-Metal Atoms

No one will ever be able to see a purely mathematical construct such as a perfect sphere.

17 May 2023

Nikon releases new measuring microscopes with more functionality and usability

The Nikon MM-series of industrial measuring microscopes has been periodically upgraded since the early 1950s, but not to such an extent as during the latest, sixth makeover. The new generation will be unveiled at the Con...

From Nikon Metrology 17 May 2023

Technical University of Denmark to Establish Electron Crystallography Facility with the Purchase a Rigaku XtaLAB Synergy-ED

Rigaku is proud to announce the sale of another XtaLAB Synergy-ED electron diffractometer. The system will go to the Technical University of Denmark

From Rigaku Corporation 17 May 2023

EV Group Hybrid Bonding, Maskless Lithography and Layer Transfer Solutions for Heterogeneous Integration to be Highlighted at ECTC 2023

EV Group (EVG), a leading supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for the MEMS, nanotechnology and semiconductor markets, today announced that new developments in heterogeneous integration enabled by its...

From EV Group 16 May 2023