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Nikalyte Announces New Partnership with Life Science Group Calibre Scientific

Nanoparticle deposition specialists, Nikalyte Ltd announced that the company has signed a partnership agreement with global life sciences group Calibre Scientific. Founded over 40 years ago as Stone Calibre the Calibre S...

From Nikalyte Ltd 8 Jul 2021

Noldus Announces Early-Career Software Grant

Noldus Information Technology is seeking proposals from North American researchers from all disciplines of behavioral science research.

From Noldus Information Technology 8 Jul 2021

New Zeolite Indispensable for Oil Refining and Petrochemical Industries

POSTECH researchers have unraveled a potential new zeolite expected to be a milestone for the oil refining and petrochemical industries.

7 Jul 2021

New Method Helps Develop a New Generation of Protein-Based Synthetic Biomaterials

At the University of Leeds, researchers have devised a new method that could aid in the development of a new generation of protein-based synthetic biomaterials.

7 Jul 2021

New Polymer Shows Great Potential for Next-Generation Biosensors

A new organic (carbon-based) semiconducting material has been developed that outperforms existing options for building the next generation of biosensors

7 Jul 2021

New Characterization Strategy to Separate High-Purity Metals

Metals with similar chemical properties are usually extracted together, which limits the opportunities to separate high-purity metals.

7 Jul 2021

New Method to Directly Generate 1-Butanol from CO2 Using Copper Phosphide Electrodes

Human activities like the burning of coal and fossil fuels have caused CO2 to accumulate in the atmosphere, which has significantly affected the Earth's climate.

7 Jul 2021

Researchers Use High-Energy Electron Beam to Prepare 3D Porous Graphene Films

Recently, Prof. WANG Zhenyang's research group from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has prepared macroscopic thick three-dimensional porous graphene films.

7 Jul 2021

New Strategy Allows Polymeric Materials to Emit Light in Any of the Three Primary Colors

Many researchers in the field of materials science constantly seek novel and versatile platforms that can be used to tailor materials to match their intended use.

7 Jul 2021

A Solid Electrolyte with High Ionic Conductivity and Stability for All-Solid-State Sodium-Ion Batteries

A research team from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering at Toyohashi University of Technology developed a chlorine substituted Na3SbS4 solid electrolyte for use in all-solid-state sodium ion batteries.

7 Jul 2021

3D Printed Scaffold Promotes Tissue Growth Through ‘Shape Memory’

Surgically implanted 3D printed tissue scaffolds that harmlessly degrade in the body could aid tissue regeneration.

By Robert Lea 7 Jul 2021

TRB Lightweight Structures part of London Underground Piccadilly Line project

TRB Lightweight Structures, based in Huntingdon, is working with Siemens Mobility on the manufacture and supply of the emergency detrainment systems – including M Door, bridge and stairs – for 94 nine-car ‘Inspiro’ train sets for the London Underground Piccadilly Line.

From TRB Lightweight Structures Ltd 6 Jul 2021

New Organic Semiconducting Polymer for Making Next-Gen Biosensors

An international team of researchers from KAUST has developed a carbon-based semiconducting material with the potential to build next-generation biosensors. The team has overcome some key challenges in developing this polymer.

6 Jul 2021

Forensic Discrimination of Contamination from Food Wrap Plastics

BioChromato report how their ionRocket sample preparation device, used in combination with Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry (DART®-MS) provides a powerful new method capable of identifying and discriminating between different sources of plastic films used for food processing and packaging.

From BioChromato Inc. 6 Jul 2021

New Machine-Learning Model Could Help Predict Oxidation State of a Compound

A new machine-learning model developed by the chemical engineers of École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) can help estimate the oxidation state of a compound, a property considered so vital that many chemists debate it should be included in the periodic table.

6 Jul 2021