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CFN Staff Scientist Focuses on Making High-Quality Materials

How can we make better materials—those that are more energy efficient and functionally capable?

5 Oct 2021

New 'Sandwich-Style' Fabrication Process Could Pave Way for Ultra-Low-Energy Electronics

A new 'sandwich-style' fabrication process placing a semiconductor only one atom thin between two mirrors has allowed Australian researchers to make a significant step towards ultra-low energy electronics based on the light-matter hybrid particles exciton-polaritons.

5 Oct 2021

New Extraction Process to Recover Valuable Metals from e-Waste

Rice University has developed a technique to extract valuable metals from electronic waste, creating a win-win situation for the environment. The process sets to achieve 500 times less energy use than the existing laboratory methods and generate clean byproducts which can be applied even in the agricultural field.

5 Oct 2021

Novel Way to Navigate Liquids on a Surface in the Absence of External Force

A major discovery in droplet manipulation has been made by scientists from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). They have also found an innovative method to navigate liquids on a surface in the lack of external energy or force.

5 Oct 2021

A Library of Tech Notes for Extensometers and Strain Measurement

Find solutions to materials testing challenges in Epsilon Technology's Tech Notes library, covering extensometer calibration and data quality optimization.

From Epsilon Technology Corp. 5 Oct 2021

Allectra's Components Assist Testing in Space Environments

Allectra has provided custom flanges and cables for AstroBio CubeSat (ABCS), a 3U Cubesat hosting a mini laboratory payload based on innovative lab-on chip technology suitable for research in the astrobiology science, biotechnology and pharmaceutical technologies sectors.

From Allectra Limited 5 Oct 2021

Allectra Supplies Components for LSPE Swipe and Strip Instruments

Allectra has supplied components and cables for the Large-Scale Polarization Explorer (LSPE) SWIPE and STRIP instruments.

From Allectra Limited 5 Oct 2021

Scientists Use High-Intensity X-Rays to Observe a Single Catalyst Nanoparticle at Work

A DESY-led research team has been using high-intensity X-rays to observe a single catalyst nanoparticle at work.

4 Oct 2021

PU-Materials can be Depolymerized into Monomeric Building Blocks Through Chemical Recycling

Polyurethane is one of the most versatile thermoset synthetic polymers which through careful choice of monomer and formulation, can be seen in a myriad of different forms ranging from rigid-, flexible and molded foams to adhesives and elastomers just to name a few.

4 Oct 2021

Scalable, Non-Toxic Method Recovers More Gold from Ore

Gold is one of the world's most popular metals. Malleable, conductive and non-corrosive, it's used in jewelry, electronics, and even space exploration.

4 Oct 2021

Enzymatic Link Found in the Formation of Methane from Fatty Acids

An essential process in the global carbon cycle and a significant source of renewable energy is methane’s microbial production from organic material.

4 Oct 2021

Tibidabo Scientific Industries Acquires Lambert Instruments B.V.

Tibidabo Scientific Industries Announces the Acquisition of Lambert Instruments B.V., a Leader in High-Speed Scientific and Fluorescence Imaging.

From Lambert Instruments 4 Oct 2021

Chromasens Expands allPIXA evo Camera Line with New CoaXPress Versions to Unleash Full Speed of Multi-line Sensors

To help enterprises transform and accelerate machine vision inspection, Chromasens announced today the expansion of its allPIXA evo line-scan camera family with three new models that are fully compatible with the latest version of the ultra-fast CoaXPress interface.

From Chromasens GmbH 4 Oct 2021