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Researchers Design Polymer Membrane for Batteries Using a Drug Discovery Toolbox

Membranes that allow certain molecules to quickly pass through while blocking others are key enablers for energy technologies from batteries and fuel cells to resource refinement and water purification.

8 Apr 2021

ODIN – A Breakthrough in Deep UV Resonant Raman Instrumentation

For the last four years, with partners, IS-Instruments Ltd has had the ambition to produce a compact easy to use Deep UV resonant Raman spectrometer with the power to observe organic substances such as protein and enzyme...

From IS-Instruments, Ltd. 8 Apr 2021

How 3D Printing can Revolutionize Aircraft Maintenance and Repair

A new approach to advanced additive manufacturing could deliver faster and more efficient maintenance, repair and overhaul services for aircraft.

By Robert Lea 8 Apr 2021

Advanced Catalysts for Biomass Transformation

Working closely with researchers at the Centrale Lille Institute in Lille, France - Asynt has developed and supplied two custom high-pressure reactors to assist them in their development of new advanced catalysts for biomass transformation.

From Asynt 8 Apr 2021

Eco-Friendly Pollen Sponge can Help Overcome Marine Oil Spills

A research team, headed by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has produced a biodegradable, reusable sponge that can instantly absorb various organic solvents, including oil, from polluted water sources.

8 Apr 2021

Highly Promising Catholyte and Anolyte Materials for Organic Redox Flow Batteries

Researchers from Skoltech and their collaborators have designed, synthesized and evaluated new compounds that can serve as catholytes and anolytes for organic redox flow batteries, bringing this promising technology closer to large-scale implementation.

7 Apr 2021

Researchers Develop a Novel Catalyst for Hydrogen Production from Ammonia Decomposition

For the implementation of the effective hydrogen economy in the forthcoming years, hydrogen produced from sources like coal and petroleum must be transported from its production sites to the end user often over long distances and to achieve successful hydrogen trade between countries.

7 Apr 2021

Brain Organoids Grown in a Tiny 3D-Printed System

Scientists from MIT and the Indian Institute of Technology Madras have grown small amounts of self-organizing brain tissue, known as organoids, in a tiny 3D-printed system that allows observation while they grow and develop.

7 Apr 2021

Superactivated Carbon can be Used as Regenerator Material to Increase Cryocooler Efficiency

Cryocoolers are ultracold refrigeration units used in surgery and drug development, semiconductor fabrication, and spacecraft.

7 Apr 2021

Developing Nature-Inspired Bactericidal Surfaces for Use in Medical Implants

Dragonfly wings, lotus leaves, cicada wings -- thanks to millennia of evolution, nature has optimized the ways these surfaces and others behave to offer antibacterial functionality.

7 Apr 2021

Scientists Synthesize High-Entropy Carbide Using Vacuum-Free Electric Arc Method

Scientists of Tomsk Polytechnic University have synthesized high-entropy carbide consisting of five various metals using a vacuum-free electric arc method.

7 Apr 2021

Quantifying Powder Caking Using the FT4 Powder Rheometer

Many materials in the food, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries, from raw materials, additives, and intermediates through to manufactured products, are supplied as relatively free-flowing powders suitable for the manufacturing process or final application.

From Freeman Technology 7 Apr 2021

Newly Engineered Bacterium can Produce Carminic Acid

A team of researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has designed a bacterium that can produce carminic acid—a natural red colorant that is extensively used in cosmetics and food.

7 Apr 2021

New Battery can Charge 10 Times Faster than Traditional Lithium-Ion Battery

A new type of battery designed by scientists from St Petersburg University can charge 10 times faster than a regular lithium-ion battery.

7 Apr 2021

Knowledge and Power: Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology and LayTec Join Forces to Provide Critical Front End Processing Solutions for the Production of Compound Semiconductor Devices

Two technology leaders within the compound semiconductor industry, Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology and LayTec announce an exclusive collaboration agreement to enable the next generation requirements of advanced semiconductor devices in the high-volume manufacturing (HVM) environment.

From Oxford Instruments Semiconductor 7 Apr 2021