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Instron® Service Launches Instron Remote Technical Support

Instron is excited to announce the launch of Remote Technical Support (RTS), a revolutionary new service capability designed to make it easier to diagnose and fix technical issues with your Instron testing system as well as help you stay current with calibrations and software/firmware updates.

From Instron - USA 4 Feb 2021

Karl Fischer Oven Technique Approved for Water Content in Petrochemicals

Poorly soluble, viscous, and often highly contaminated– determining the water content in lubricants, hydraulic oils, and other petrochemical samples can be a messy business.

From Metrohm USA Inc. 4 Feb 2021

Rapid Detection of Fentanyl and its Chemical Analogs

Mira DS from Metrohm with KnowItAll Raman Spectral Library (Handheld) from Wiley combines a sensitive analytical instrument with the largest libraries available on handheld Raman systems.

From Metrohm USA Inc. 4 Feb 2021

SPARKZ Licenses ORNL's Battery Cycling Technology for Rapid Production of Lithium-Ion Batteries

Energy storage startup SPARKZ Inc. has exclusively licensed a battery cycling technology from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory designed to enable the rapid production of lithium-ion batteries commonly used in portable electronic devices and electric vehicles.

4 Feb 2021

New Piezoelectric Device Remains Highly Effective at Elevated Temperatures

Piezoelectric materials hold great promise as sensors and as energy harvesters but are normally much less effective at high temperatures, limiting their use in environments such as engines or space exploration.

4 Feb 2021

Researchers Develop New Dynamic 3D Printing Method that Uses Light

The speed of light has come to 3D printing. Northwestern University engineers have developed a new method that uses light to improve 3D printing speed and precision while also, in combination with a high-precision robot arm, providing the freedom to move, rotate or dilate each layer as the structure is being built.

4 Feb 2021

Ultrabright X-Rays Help Peer Inside Solid-State Lithium Batteries

Despite worldwide use of lithium batteries, the exact dynamics of their operation has remained elusive. X-rays have proven to be a powerful tool for peering inside of these batteries to see the changes that occur in real time.

4 Feb 2021

Element Further Scales its Life Sciences Business with Major Pharmaceutical Acquisition

Element Materials Technology (Element) has acquired a leading pharmaceutical analytical testing company, Avomeen, significantly strengthening the Group’s Life Sciences business unit in North America.

From Element Materials Technology 4 Feb 2021

Largest Edible Oil Producer in Croatia Equipped with Safe Gas Warning System

Zvijezda's new laboratory and production plant are protected by gas warning systems from MSR-Electronic. The machine room also meets the highest safety standards in the ATEX zone.

From MSR-Electronic GmbH 4 Feb 2021

The Newly Developed Plastic Waste Bricks Used for Construction

A Kenyan materials engineer sets a stunning example in the fight against plastic waste? by using it to build tough, durable and lasting bricks.

By Robert Lea 3 Feb 2021

Developing Highly-Deformable Ceramic Piezoelectric Materials for Tactile Devices

With the importance of non-contact environments growing due to COVID-19, tactile electronic devices using haptic technology are gaining traction as new mediums of communication.

3 Feb 2021

Research Reveals the Significance of Non-Metal Element in CuCo Spinel Structure Catalysts

Oxygen evolution reaction (OER), as a vital half-reaction in some clean energy storage and conversion technologies including rechargeable metal-air batteries, regenerative fuel cells and electrochemical water splitting, has been of crucial importance for exploring highly efficient sustainable energy to substitute exhaustible fossil fuels.

3 Feb 2021

Fine Tuning the Electronic Properties of Semiconducting 2D Alloys

Semiconducting 2D alloys could be key to overcoming the technical limitations of modern electronics. Although 2D Si-Ge alloys would have interesting properties for this purpose, they were only predicted theoretically. Now, scientists from Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have realized the first experimental demonstration. They have also shown that the Si to Ge ratio can be adjusted to fine tune the electronic properties of the alloys, paving the way for novel applications.

3 Feb 2021

New Photocatalyst can Produce Methane Fuel from Carbon Dioxide Using Sunlight

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the major greenhouse gases causing global warming. If carbon dioxide could be converted into energy, it would be killing two birds with one stone in addressing the environmental issues.

3 Feb 2021

Sustainability Benchmark Data for Plastics Upcycling and Recycling Technologies

Researchers developing renewable plastics and exploring new processes for plastics upcycling and recycling technologies will now be able to easily baseline their efforts to current manufacturing practices to understand if their efforts will save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

3 Feb 2021