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The smallest hydrogen gas generator for GC-FID is now available for orders

Precision Hydrogen SL, PEAK Scientific’s award-winning hydrogen gas generator for GC-FID, is now available for orders

From Peak Scientific 1 Jun 2021

New Method Automates Production of Small-Molecule Pharmaceutical Compounds

A huge investment of time, resources, and effort is required in the research and development of novel small-molecule compounds for therapeutic applications.

1 Jun 2021

Researchers Develop a Way to Repeatedly Remove and Reuse Phosphate from Polluted Waters

Phosphate pollution in rivers, lakes and other waterways has reached dangerous levels, causing algae blooms that starve fish and aquatic plants of oxygen.

1 Jun 2021

Light-Shrinking Material Turns a Conventional Light Microscope into a Super-Resolution Device

Electrical engineers at the University of California San Diego developed a technology that improves the resolution of an ordinary light microscope so that it can be used to directly observe finer structures and details in living cells.

1 Jun 2021

Element Expands Connected Technologies Facility in the US

Element Materials Technology (Element) has opened a center of excellence for its connected technologies business in Maryland, US to support its ambitious growth plans in the sector.

From Element Materials Technology 1 Jun 2021

Study Explores How Proton Conduction Changes in Styrene-Based Polymers

Protons are subatomic particles with a positive electric charge and are one of the first particles to have developed following the evolution of the universe. They are also a constituent of each atom existing now.

31 May 2021

Ultrathin Gold Film is an Ideal Candidate for Perovskite Solar Cells

According to an international team of researchers, designing new ultrathin metal electrodes has enabled scientists to make semitransparent perovskite solar cells that are highly effective and can be paired with conventional silicon cells to considerably increase the performance of both devices.

31 May 2021

Researchers Use New Process to Mechanically Imprint Atoms in Ceramic Crystals

Electroceramics, including capacitors, are crucial parts of electronic devices. But any disruption to the crystalline structure of these electroceramics can alter their specific properties.

31 May 2021

Research Paints a New Picture of How the Hall Effect Works in 3D Materials

This new 3D effect can be the foundation for topological quantum phenomena, which are believed to be particularly robust and therefore promising candidates for extremely powerful quantum technologies.

31 May 2021

Multiple-Element Alloy Composed of Cheap Metals Rivals Platinum as Electrocatalyst for Fuel Cells

As the cleanest renewable energy, hydrogen energy has attracted special attention in the research.

31 May 2021

Designing Switchable DNA-Based Soft Materials with Tunable Properties

While DNA is often idealised as the "molecule of life", it is also a highly sophisticated polymer that can be used for next-generation materials.

31 May 2021

Using Nanofibrous Filters for Air Purification

In a paper published in NANO, the author reviewed many kinds of nanofibrous filters including the component, preparation process, and application performances to provide directional guidance for improvement of the air purification field.

31 May 2021

Research Provides Better Understanding of Switchable MOF Structures

Metal-organic framework compounds consist of inorganic and organic groups and are characterised by a large number of pores into which other molecules can be incorporated.

31 May 2021

Fe2+ Ion Study Improves Understanding of Magnetoelectric Coupling

The authors, Kirill Vasin and Mikhail Eremin, contribute to the theory of electronic and structural properties of FeCr2O4 ferrimagnet.

31 May 2021

Samara Polytech Researchers Study the Properties of Non-Racemic Dihydrofurans

The research team of the Department of Organic Chemistry of Samara Polytech under the leadership of Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Head of the Department Yuri Klimochkin and Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor Alexander Reznikov in cooperation with the crystallographic research group of Lomonosov Moscow State University completed a study to obtain non-racemic 4,5-dihydrofurans based on Michael addition and study their chemical properties.

31 May 2021