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New Technique to Synthesize Thin Films of Stubborn, Hard-to-Evaporate Metals

Scientists from the College of Science and Engineering of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have created an easier, affordable, and safest technology that will enable a “stubborn” group of metals and metal oxides to be made into thin films utilized in several computer components, electronics, and other applications.

9 Aug 2021

£3 Million Grant to Advance Machinery Design and Performance

The University's Centre for Precision Technologies will receive £3 million in funding over the next five years to lead major research programmes designed to drive significant advancements in machinery design and performance.

9 Aug 2021

Discovering Long-Term Rust Prevention for Automotive and Heavy Equipment Parts

In the far-flung world of automotive and heavy-equipment parts suppliers, both short-term and long-term rust prevention is critical to prevent serious loss from rust claims.

From Cortec Corporation 8 Aug 2021

Scientists Print a New Low-Cost Reproducible System for Co-Cultivation of Cells

Scientists of the MIPT Cell Signaling Regulation Laboratory have developed a new low cost reproducible system for the co-cultivation of cells.

6 Aug 2021

Scientists Develop New Catalyst that Works with Either Heat or Electricity

Virtually all chemical and fuel production relies on catalysts, which accelerate chemical reactions without being consumed in the process. Most of these reactions take place in huge reactor vessels and may require high temperatures and pressures.

6 Aug 2021

Study Helps to Better Understand the Self-Assembly of Semiconductor Nanoparticles

The structure adopted by lead sulphide nanoparticles changes surprisingly often as they assemble to form ordered superlattices. This is revealed by an experimental study that has been conducted at DESY’s X-ray source PETRA III. A team led by the DESY sc...

6 Aug 2021

Hydrogen Technologies Play an Important Role in Achieving Net Zero Energy

Achieving Net Zero energy, where the total amount of energy used is equal to the amount of renewable energy created, is closer than ever before, and hydrogen technologies will play an important role in achieving that goal.

6 Aug 2021

Scientists Develop Polymer-Coated Metal Catalyst to Efficiently Recycle CO2

The accumulation of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide (CO2), in the atmosphere adds up to climate change. Hence capture and recycling of CO2 are crucial for reducing detrimental environmental effects and to deal with the climate crisis.

6 Aug 2021

A New Method of Accurately Controlling Defect Movement in Active Liquid Crystals

Liquid crystals contain small defects that exhibit the ability to host chemical reactions or transport cargo, which makes them useful for exciting new technologies, such as synthetic platforms for completely new drug delivery systems, sensors and materials.

6 Aug 2021

Electrically Conductive Adhesives Set to Impact the Electronics Industry, According to New IDTechEx Research

IDTechEx have recently launched "Electrically Conductive Adhesives 2022-2032: Technologies, Markets, and Forecasts", a market research report detailing the technology of ECAs, a form of conductive joining technology.

From IDTechEx 6 Aug 2021

Advanced Energy Launches Programmable DC Power Supplies for the Test and Measurement Market

Advanced Energy – a global leader in highly engineered, precision power conversion, measurement and control solutions – today expands its presence in the test and measurement market with the launch of the new Intelligent Laboratory Series of programmable DC power supplies.

From Advanced Energy 6 Aug 2021

New Olympus DP28 and DP23 Cameras Win Premier Innovation Award

The new Olympus DP28 and DP23 microscope cameras were chosen by a committee of clinicians and healthcare professionals to receive a Premier Innovation Award for their potential to meet unmet clinical needs and improve patient care.

From Evident Corporation - NDT 6 Aug 2021

New Center of Excellence Delivers Innovation for Customers in Process and Safety Control

Process Insights, the market leader in premium technologies and solutions for the process and research industry, has opened a new facility in Houston, Texas, to better support its customers, distributors, contractors, an...

From Process Insights 5 Aug 2021

Study Develops Facile Approach for Creating Human-Integrated Electronics

Polymer semiconductors—materials that are fabricated to be soft and elastic along with being able to conduct electricity—are potential candidates for future electronics that can be integrated within the body, such as health monitors and disease detectors.

5 Aug 2021

Prestressed Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymers to Refurbish Old Buildings

Bent concrete beams, cracks on the undersides of bridges, risk of rust for the reinforcement: In Switzerland, many structures are getting on in years.

5 Aug 2021