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The Future of Sustainable Packaging: Dow introduces INNATE™ TF Polyethylene Resins for Tenter Frame Biaxial Orientation

Answering the industry needs of high performance, consumer convenience, and recyclability, Dow is excited to announce an innovative and revolutionary brand extension to the family of INNATE™ Precision Packaging Resins.

From Dow Chemicals 29 Jul 2020

Using Photons to Tune Interlayer Forces in Van-Der-Waals Materials

Hall-bar device on solid proton conductor used for measurements A Chinese-Australian collaboration has demonstrated for the first time that interlayer coupling in a van der Waals (vdW) material can be largely modulate...

29 Jul 2020

New Technique to Synthesize Ammonia by Electrochemical Reduction of Nitrates

Ammonia has been widely used for agricultural fertilizers and industrial productions.

29 Jul 2020

New Research Could Help Use Black Phosphorus for Novel Optoelectronics Chips

Many compact systems using mid-infrared technology continue to face compatibility issues when integrating with conventional electronics.

29 Jul 2020

Surface Tension Nanogates Could Help Govern Nanoscale Functions of Various Systems

The movement of fluids through small capillaries and channels is crucial for processes ranging from blood flow through the brain to power generation and electronic cooling systems, but that movement often stops when the channel is smaller than 10 nanometers.

29 Jul 2020

Get a Quicker Cleanup: Resprep SLE Cartridges and 96-Well Plates

Dilute-and-shoot is only effective when you are working with relatively clean matrices complex biological samples, such as whole blood, require a cleanup step or your results may be inaccurate.

From Restek Corporation 29 Jul 2020

New Study on Magnon Polarization Could Help Develop Low-Energy Devices

Researchers have for the first time measured a fundamental property of magnets called magnon polarisation -- and in the process, are making progress towards building low-energy devices.

29 Jul 2020

New Method to Fabricate Novel P-N Junctions on Single Atomic Layer of MOS2

Fascinating opportunities are emerging from a new class of materials named two-dimensional semiconductors, which are only one atom thick.

29 Jul 2020

Study Offers Novel Insights into Advancing Clean Water Technology

The world needs clean water, and its need is only going to grow in the coming decades.

29 Jul 2020

Quantum Computers can be Used to Simulate Realiztic Molecules, Complex Materials

Quantum computers have enormous potential for calculations using novel algorithms and involving amounts of data far beyond the capacity of today's supercomputers.

29 Jul 2020

Dow and Thong Guan Introduces Sustainable Plastic Stretch Cling Films Made with Renewable Feedstock in Asia Pacific

Dow and Thong Guan, one of the world's leading plastic stretch cling film producers, today introduced a new range of bio-based polyethylene (bio-PE) in Asia Pacific.

From Thong Guan 28 Jul 2020

Furuya Metal Has Become the First Japanese Precious Metal Company to Establish a Joint Venture with Anglo Platinum Marketing Limited, a Major PGM Producer in South Africa

Furuya Metal Co., Ltd. (Head office: Toshima-ku, Tokyo; President: Takahito Furuya) has established a new company named "Furuya Eco-Front Technology" on May 27 2020, which will handle environmental businesses that capitalize on low-temperature active catalysts (hereafter referred to as "FT-eco catalysts"), and that on July 1 it signed an agreement to form a joint venture with Anglo Platinum Marketing Limited (Head office: London, the United Kingdom, hereafter referred to as "APML"), a subsidiary of Anglo American Plc. APML, which appreciates Furuya Metal's environmental businesses, is providing 40% of the capital for the new joint venture.

From Furuya Metal Co., Ltd. 28 Jul 2020

Sanitize Almost Anything with the Mega ION® from Austin American Technology

Austin American Technology (AAT) offers companies a way to keep their products and employees safer during COVID-19 with the Mega ION® cleaning system designed for solvent-based cleanliness.

From Austin American Technology 28 Jul 2020

Kaman Measuring Announces OEM-2306 Non-Contact Position Sensing System

The Measuring Division of Kaman Precision Products, Inc., a world leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance, precision non-contact position measuring systems, announces the availability of its OEM-2306 non-contact linear displacement measuring instrument, using eddy current technology.

From Kaman Precision Products 28 Jul 2020

KYZEN to Bring Next Generation Stencil Cleaner to NEPCON Asia

KYZEN, the global leader in innovative environmentally friendly cleaning chemistries, is pleased to announce that it will exhibit at NEPCON Asia, scheduled to take place Aug. 26-28, 2020 at the Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center.

From KYZEN 28 Jul 2020