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Intrinsically Porous Materials for Efficient Gas and Liquid Separation in Chemical Industry

Gas and liquid separation processes in the chemical industry could be made more efficient and environmentally friendly by using substances known as intrinsically porous materials (IPMs). KAUST researchers review the prospects for IPMs in the journal Accounts of Chemical Research.

10 Mar 2021

New, Environmentally-Friendly Electrochemical Procedure for Production of Sulfonamides

A research team at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) in Germany has developed a completely new, environmentally-friendly electrochemical procedure for producing sulfonamides rapidly and inexpensively. Sulfonamides are used in many drugs including antibiotics and Viagra as well as in agrochemicals and dyes, which makes them an important class of molecules for the pharmaceutical and chemical industries.

10 Mar 2021

Study Suggests Routes to Promote Microstructural Homogeneity During Flash Sintering of Ceramics

Flash sintering is a ceramic processing technique which uses electric current to intensively heat the ceramic sample internally rather than using only external furnace heating. The process can lower ceramic processing temperatures and durations significantly, enabling ceramics to be co-processed with metals or other materials, and reducing energy use.

10 Mar 2021

Slimy, Tough Bacterial Biofilm Could Help Separate Water and Oil

Scientists have shown that a slimy, yet strong, biofilm made by some bacteria for safety and to enable them move about can help separate oil from water.

10 Mar 2021

The Olympus Discovery Summit Virtually Connects the Microscopy Community

Olympus’ next virtual life science event, the Olympus Discovery Summit—Looking Forward: A New Era of Research will take place on April 27–29, 2021. The Olympus Life Science team has organized this opportunity for the microscopy community to virtually share its expertise and learn about important advances in technology. During this free three-day summit, attendees can enjoy a full schedule of customer presentations, tech talks, roundtable discussions and product demos.

From Evident Corporation - NDT 10 Mar 2021

Rapid, Direct Mass Spectrometry Characterisation of Difficult Samples

The ionRocket from BioChromato Inc. is a temperature-heating device for direct thermal desorption and pyrolysis of samples, prior to ionization and analysis by mass spectrometry.

From BioChromato Inc. 10 Mar 2021

MAGIO – Powerful Temperature Control with High-end Quality

With the new MAGIO series, JULABO extends its product range with bridge mounted circulators, refrigerated and heating circulators, as well as heating circulators in high-end quality.

From JULABO GMBH 10 Mar 2021

ZwickRoell Virtual Testing Forum - Webinar Archive

From September 28 through November 26, 2020 ZwickRoell offered 120 online events for the metals, plastics, composites, med/pharm, and automotive industries, as well as for academia and R&D.

10 Mar 2021

RAFT Polymerization in Flow Chemistry Reactors

Uniqsis reports researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Institute of Membrane Research (Geesthacht, Germany) are using a FlowLab Plus flow chemistry system with glass static mixer reactor blocks to synthesise well defined polymers.

From Uniqsis Ltd 10 Mar 2021

Bettersize Launches BeNano Series, A Brand New Nanoparticle Analyzer

Bettersize is China’s number one brand of Particle Size and Shape Analyzer. Today, it has unveiled a brand new Nanoparticle analyzer series, BeNano.

From Bettersize Instruments Ltd. 10 Mar 2021

New Heat Shield Technology Delivers a Massive 35% Improvement Compared to Conventional Heat Shield Solutions, Reducing Heat Transfer by Almost a Quarter and Providing Significant Surface Temperature R

Automotive and motorsports heat management specialists Zircotec is launching a new heat shield solution, ZircoFlex® SHIELD which out-performs traditional products in weight, thermal performance and packaging space, depending on the needs of the user, according to a detailed research program carried out by the company.

10 Mar 2021

DSM Introduces High-Performance Resin to Enable a Step Change in Wall Paints for High-Humidity Areas

Royal DSM, a global science-based company in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living, today announces that it has launched a new resin, NeoCryl® HP-4000 for the EMEA market, to drive the performance of wall paints for high-humidity areas. Thanks to its perfect water vapor permeability and excellent water resistance properties, as well as its low volatile organic compound (VOC) content, NeoCryl® HP-4000 raises the bar for aesthetic and functional performance, processability, and sustainability.

From Royal DSM 9 Mar 2021

Improving Carbon Fiber Recycling

Carbon fiber reinforced polymers are used across a diverse range of applications in the engineering and building fields. New research aims to make these materials even more useful by making them reusable.

By Robert Lea 9 Mar 2021

Researchers Create Turing Structure on Inorganic Transition Metal Chalcogenides

Alan Turing, who is considered as the father of computer science and artificial intelligence, hypothesized in 1952 that some repetitive natural patterns may be generated by the interaction of two particular substances via the “reaction-diffusion” process.

9 Mar 2021

New Technique Could Help Produce Lighter, Safer, and More Energy-Dense Batteries

A new fabrication technique could allow solid-state automotive lithium-ion batteries to adopt nonflammable ceramic electrolytes using the same production processes as in batteries made with conventional liquid electrolytes.

9 Mar 2021