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New Engineered Electrode Material Helps Develop Advanced Batteries

Although electric vehicles have been garnering wide popularity, their long charging time is a major disadvantage for potential customers.

9 Oct 2020

New Low-Cost Technology to Store Heat During Summer and Use it During Winter

In a majority of the populated regions, a general requirement is to heat the space where humans live or work.

9 Oct 2020

Development of a Highly Efficient Electrocatalyst Could Improve Hydrogen Production Efficiency

The key to promoting the hydrogen economy represented by hydrogen vehicles is to produce hydrogen for electricity generation at an affordable price.

9 Oct 2020

New Checkerboard Design in Solar Panels Increases the Ability to Absorb Light

Designing solar panels in checkerboard lines increases their ability to absorb light by 125 per cent, a new study says.

9 Oct 2020

Researchers Demonstrate Viability of Eco-Friendly Supercapacitors

The main disadvantages of present-day lithium-ion battery technology include limited safety, recyclability, and sustainability, coupled with limited availability of starting materials (for example, cobalt).

8 Oct 2020

Researchers Grow 2D Materials Directly on Optical Fibers

At the latest since the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for research on graphene in 2010, 2D materials - nanosheets with atomic thickness - have been a hot topic in science.

8 Oct 2020

Research Details "Triplet Superconductivity" Phenomenon in Diamond

Diamonds have a firm foothold in our lexicon. Their many properties often serve as superlatives for quality, clarity and hardiness.

8 Oct 2020

Molecular Tool Makes It Possible to Change the Structure of Metal Surface

The surface of metals plays a key role in many technologically relevant areas, such as catalysis, sensor technology and battery research.

8 Oct 2020

Ultra-Fast Cameras Shed Light on How Metals Fail

How things deform and break is important for engineers, as it helps them choose and design what materials they're going to use for building things.

8 Oct 2020

Safe and Efficient Concentration of Low Volume Samples

BioChromato Inc. reports how the Department of Bioimaging Information Analysis at Gunma University (Japan) is benefiting from the ability of its Smart Evaporator C1 to safely and efficiently concentrate low volume samples.

From BioChromato Inc. 8 Oct 2020

SYNC – A New Dimension in Particle Analysis

The Microtrac MRB SYNC Analyzer provides traditional users of laser diffraction technology with exciting new capabilities to characterize their materials.

From Microtrac 8 Oct 2020

Boom Supersonic Rolls Out XB-1 Aircraft with Flight Hardware Components 3D Printed by VELO3D

VELO3D, an innovator in digital manufacturing, today announced that Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft includes 21 flight hardware components that were manufactured by VELO3D’s Sapphire 3D metal printer.

8 Oct 2020

ASYMTEK's Unique Software for Dispensing Two-component Fluids Wins Global Technology Award for Automated Ratio Calibration (ARC™) Technology

ASYMTEK, a part of Nordson ELECTRONICS SOLUTIONS - a global leader in electronics manufacturing technologies, announces its latest technology has received the Global Technology Award 2020 for fluid dispensing equipment.

From Nordson Corporation 8 Oct 2020

Katharine Weymouth and Deborah Bial join Xometry's Board of Directors

Xometry, the largest on-demand manufacturing marketplace, announced today that Katharine Weymouth and Deborah Bial will join Xometry's Board of Directors as independent directors.

From Xometry 7 Oct 2020

Buehler Sponsors Wilson Hardness Days November 4-5, 2020

Buehler, an ITW Company, is hosting Wilson Hardness Days on November 4-5, 2020. This virtual educational program includes two half-days of immersion into Hardness Testing, Calibration, the Latest on Hardness Te...

From Buehler 7 Oct 2020