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New MOF-Based Material can Harness and Store Solar Energy for a Long Time

The shift away from fossil fuels toward renewable energy to mitigate climate change has made the requirement for novel techniques to harness and store energy highly crucial.

3 Dec 2020

New Microscope Technique Reveals Details of Droplet Nucleation

Nucleation is a ubiquitous phenomenon that governs the formation of both droplets and bubbles in systems used for condensation, desalination, water splitting, crystal growth, and many other important industrial processes. Now, for the first time, a new microscopy technique developed at MIT and elsewhere allows the process to be observed directly in detail, which could facilitate the design of improved, more efficient surfaces for a variety of such processes.

3 Dec 2020

PICOSUN® Sprinter Disrupts Fast Batch ALD on 300 mm Wafers

PICOSUN® Sprinter disrupts fast batch ALD on 300 mm wafers

From Picosun Oy 2 Dec 2020

Exploring How Advanced Materials can Contribute to More Sustainable Construction

Innovation in advanced materials offers the disruptive potential to transform the way we build our future cities - and make them greener and smarter.

2 Dec 2020

New Method Creates 3D Models of Fibers, Uses it to Predict Thermal Conductivity

As a vehicle travels through space at hypersonic speeds, the gases surrounding it generate heat at dangerous temperatures for the pilot and instrumentation inside.

2 Dec 2020

Ulbrich Unveils New High-Tech Rolling Mill

Ulbrich is pleased to announce the unveiling of one of the world’s most advanced 20 High Rolling Mill at our Wallingford, CT location, where we cold-roll precision strip and foil for over 160 alloys of stainless steel, nickel, titanium, and other special metals.

From Ulbrich Stainless Steels & Special Metals, Inc. 2 Dec 2020

Kingsbury to Sell New Additive Manufacturing Machine Range

SLM Solutions Group AG, a German manufacturer of powder bed metal additive manufacturing (AM) machines, has appointed Kingsbury, Gosport, to sell its products and services in the British and Irish markets with effect from 1st December 2020.

From SLM Solutions Group AG 1 Dec 2020

Rigaku Analytical Devices to Participate in Virtual CBRNe Convergence Event

Rigaku Analytical Devices, the pioneer in handheld 1064nm Raman laser technology, will showcase its portfolio of handheld Raman analyzers during the CBRNe Convergence 2020 Bitesize Boston Event being held December 1-4, 2020.

From Rigaku Corporation 1 Dec 2020

Affordable Raman Engine for High Volume OEM Customers with Unmatched Detection Limit

HORIBA Scientific, a global leader in OEM Gratings, Miniature spectrometers, and Scientific Camera systems and solutions, just announced its new CiCi-Raman engine designed for high volume OEM industrial customers.

From HORIBA 1 Dec 2020

New Electrolysis System Could Extract Oxygen, Fuel from Martian Salty Water

With regard to water and Mars, it is a mixture of good news and not-so-good news. The good news is that there is water on Mars and the not-so-good news is that it is salty.

1 Dec 2020

New Cross-Coupling Reaction Could Help Make Chemical Industry More Sustainable

Human life has been transformed by plastics, pharmaceuticals, and several other chemical products. To make such products, chemists frequently make use of a catalyst—often based on rare metals—at different points in their syntheses.

1 Dec 2020

Novel Microorganism can Produce Biodiesel Precursors from Discarded Cardboard Boxes

Automobile exhaust emitted by fossil-fuel-based vehicles, especially those operating on diesel, is known to be a major source of fine dust and greenhouse gases.

1 Dec 2020

New Approach to Produce Sustainable Regenerated Isotropic Wood

Since plastic was invented in the late 19th century, it was beginning to change human lives. The invention of plastic gives us a lightweight, strong and inexpensive material, which greatly facilitated daily life.

1 Dec 2020

TU Graz Researchers Look for Ways to Embed Passive Electronic Components in Three Dimensions

In smartphones and many other complex, wirelessly networked devices, sophisticated technologies are used to integrate the individual electronic components into the housing. While active components, such as semiconductors, are already well investigated, passive electronic elements such as antennas or filters are lagging behind.

1 Dec 2020

New System Enables the Design and Control of Complex Mixtures with Multiple Phases

While the mesmerizing blobs in a classic lava lamp may appear magical, the colorful shapes move in response to temperature-induced changes in density and surface tension.

1 Dec 2020