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New Lightweight Magnets with Novel Properties Could Power Day-to-Day Applications

Led by the Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal (UMR 5031, CNRS-University of Bordeaux), an international team of scientists has found a unique way to design magnets with exceptional physical properties.

9 Nov 2020

Blue Phosphorus Turns into Metal When Converted into Double Layer

Blue phosphorus is an atomically thin synthetic semiconductor that turns metallic once it is transformed into a double layer.

6 Nov 2020

Free Webinar: Best Practice How to Increase Productivity of Routine Analysis Through Automation

The main challenge faced by many laboratory managers these days is the combination of fewer human resources with an ever-increasing workload. However, higher sample throughput often leads to more errors, especially when sample preparation is complex and staff have to manage several applications simultaneously.

From Metrohm USA Inc. 6 Nov 2020

Revolutionary Technology Uses 2D Material for a Logic-in-Memory Architecture

It's a major breakthrough in the field of electronics. Engineers at EPFL's Laboratory of Nanoscale Electronics and Structures (LANES) have developed a next-generation circuit that allows for smaller, faster and more energy-efficient devices - which would have major benefits for artificial-intelligence systems.

6 Nov 2020

Research Focuses on Thermochemical Heat Storage Material to Re-Use Waste Heat from Industry

A new project involving Swansea University researchers and Tata Steel will investigate the potential for recovering waste heat from industry so it can be re-used.

6 Nov 2020

New Ceiling Fan Quickly Cools the Room While Saving Energy

Vortec, a spin-off company from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), has launched a new ceiling fan on Nov. 2, that uses half the energy of a conventional fan to cool a small room twice as quickly.

6 Nov 2020

Researchers Modify Industrial Waste Product into Lightweight Automotive Structural Material

Given concerns over global climate warming, researchers are hard at work on minimizing the amount of fuel that we all use in everyday life. Reducing the weight of vehicles will lessen the amount of fuel required to power them, and put money back into your pocket.

6 Nov 2020

Making Sponges from Leftover Mussel Shells

Scientists have discovered a spongy form of calcium carbonate (CaCO3), a material found in limestone, chalk, marble, and the shells of mussels and other shellfish. While most forms of calcium carbonate are hard minerals, this new form is soft and absorbent. The researchers, reporting November 5 in the journal Matter, made the discovery while exploring new uses for leftover mussel shells.

6 Nov 2020

Machine Learning Algorithms can Teach AI to Determine Oil Viscosity

A group of Skoltech scientists developed machine learning (ML) algorithms that can teach artificial intelligence (AI) to determine oil viscosity based on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) data. The new method can come in handy for the petroleum industry and other sectors, which have to rely on indirect measurements to characterize a substance. The research was published in the Energy and Fuels journal.

6 Nov 2020

New Liquid Window Panel can Help Reduce Energy Consumption in Buildings

Scientists at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a liquid window panel that can simultaneously block the sun to regulate solar transmission, while trapping thermal heat that can be released through the day and night, helping to reduce energy consumption in buildings.

6 Nov 2020

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From LECO Corporation 6 Nov 2020

The £130 Million UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC) Soon to be Operational

The £130 million UK Battery Industrialisation Centre, a first of its kind battery production development facility in Coventry, will soon be operational.

5 Nov 2020

Russian Scientists Created a Chemical Space Mapping Method and Cracked the Mystery of Mendeleev Numbers

Scientists had long tried to come up with a system for predicting the properties of materials based on their chemical composition until they set sights on the concept of a chemical space which places materials in a reference frame such that neighboring chemical elements and compounds plotted along its axes have similar properties.

5 Nov 2020

Smart Collar Can Track Your Pet in Real-time

CSIRO's Data61, the digital specialist arm of Australia’s national science agency, announced today it is developing a prototype smart pet collar in collaboration with agtech company Ceres Tag, that will enable pet owners to accurately track the location of their animal from a short and long distance, filling a gap in the smart collar market.

5 Nov 2020

DELO Launches Liquid Pressure-sensitive Adhesives for the Electronics Industry

DELO has developed adhesives that have similar properties to (double-sided) adhesive tapes but are applied in liquid form. This helps users save time and costs in the production process.

From DELO Industrial Adhesives 5 Nov 2020