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New Biomaterial Could Help in Bone Repair

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore have developed a new biomaterial made entirely from discarded bullfrog skin and fish scales that could help in bone repair.

28 May 2021

Engineered Line Defects in Crystalline Material Can Boost Electrical Performance

Materials engineers don't like to see line defects in functional materials.

28 May 2021

Study Shows that Ionophobic Electrodes can Boost the Overall Performance of Energy Storage

Using renewable energy to replace fossil energy is now considered the best solution for greenhouse gas emission and air pollution problems. As a result, the demand for new and better energy storage technology is strong.

28 May 2021

New Approach Relates Spacetime Crystals to Traditional Geometry

Focused on crystal structures, a researcher from the Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) has designed a novel mathematical formula that might solve an ancient issue in interpreting spacetime—the foundation of the universe suggested in Albert Einstein’s theories of relativity.

28 May 2021

Water Molecules Need Additional Energy Before They Turn into Ice

When water comes into contact with a cold surface, it freezes and changes into ice—a fact that is already well known.

28 May 2021

Thermocouple options: Repair, Recalibrate, Replace

As noble metal prices soar, the 3R program offers repair, recalibration, and recycling options for thermocouples, ensuring cost savings and longevity.

From Deltech, Inc 28 May 2021

New Compound Functions as Highly Effective Thermoelectric Generator

Thermoelectric power generators that make electrical power from waste heat would be a useful tool to reduce greenhouse gas emissions if it weren't for a most vexing problem: the need to make electrical contacts to their hot side, which is often just too hot for materials that can generate a current.

27 May 2021

New Polymer Membranes Could Find Use in Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical Production

Whether in desalination, water purification or CO2 separation, membranes play a central role in technology. The Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon has been working for several years on a new variant: it consists of special polymers that form pores of the same size on the nanometer scale.

27 May 2021

Scientists Determine the Best Way to Measure Hidden and Potentially Dangerous Plastics

Scientists have got up close and personal with human sewage to determine how best to measure hidden and potentially dangerous plastics.

27 May 2021

Perovskites Show Great Promise for Making High-Efficiency, Low-Cost Solar Cells

Researchers at McGill University have gained new insight into the workings of perovskites, a semiconductor material that shows great promise for making high-efficiency, low-cost solar cells and a range of other optical and electronic devices.

27 May 2021

New Plasmofluidic Chip can Perform PCR in Around 8 Minutes

In the event of the COVID-19 pandemic, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) has been the benchmark for diagnosis.

27 May 2021

New Synthetic Platform Controls Functional Group Assemblies in Porous Solids

Multifunctional porous solids that have different functionalized linkers have been used as potential materials for numerous applications in biomedical, energy, and environmental fields.

27 May 2021

Lightblades™: A New Spectrophotometer Concept from CRAIC Technologies

CRAIC Technologies, a global leader in UV-visible-NIR micro-analysis, today unveiled its new Lightblades™ spectrophotometer line. Lightblades™, a new concept in spectrophotometers, are designed specifically for microspectroscopy.

From CRAIC Technologies 27 May 2021

Study Reveals Key Atomic-Scale Mechanism Involved in Crystal Growth

With attractive shapes and vivid colors, a majority of crystals are undoubtedly the wonders of nature. A few crystals are also wonders of science, with revolutionary applications in optics and electronics. Therefore, identifying an optimal way to grow these crystals is crucial to more advancements.

27 May 2021

Ahlstrom-Munksjö Launches FiltEV®, its New, Comprehensive Platform of High Performance Filtration Materials for Electric Vehicles

Ahlstrom-Munksjö advances further into the growth segment of electrification, launching its first product offering, totally dedicated to filtration media solutions for electric vehicles.

From Ahlstrom-Munksjö 27 May 2021