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New Study Helps Explain Previous Experimental Observations in Graphene Chemistry

Project lead Ayrat Dimiev has been working on this topic since 2012, when he was a part of Professor James Tour's group at Rice University.

20 Jul 2020

New Research Helps Enhances Therapeutic Efficiency of Diverse Nanoagents

Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and their colleagues from Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences have developed a breakthrough technology to resolve a key problem that has prevented the introduction of novel drugs into clinical practice for decades.

20 Jul 2020

Novel Organic LEDs Help Achieve Record Data Rate

Researches are pushing the boundaries of data speed with a brand new type of organic LEDs.

20 Jul 2020

Study Clarifies Key Strengths, Misconceptions of Multivalent Batteries

Lithium-ion batteries are recognized for their high energy density in everything from mobile phones to laptop computers and electric vehicles, but as the need for grid-scale energy storage and other applications becomes more pressing, researchers have sought less expensive and more readily available alternatives to lithium.

20 Jul 2020

New Method to Classify Gamma-Ray Bursts, Explosions in Distant Galaxies

By applying a machine-learning algorithm, scientists at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, have developed a method to classify all gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), rapid highly energetic explosions in distant galaxies, without needing to find an afterglow - by which GRBs are presently categorized.

20 Jul 2020

New Nanostructure Could Help Develop Stronger Water Repellent Coatings

Through the investigation of insect surfaces, Penn State researchers have detailed a previously unidentified nanostructure that can be used to engineer stronger, more resilient water repellent coatings.

20 Jul 2020

Emerging Hydrogel Material Could Advance Oral Drug Delivery

An emerging hydrogel material with the capacity to degrade and spontaneously reform in the gastrointestinal tract could help researchers develop more effective methods for oral drug delivery.

17 Jul 2020

Fairbanks Scales Announces New Roller Conveyor Scale for Manual Conveyor Weighing

Fairbanks Scales Inc., the oldest scale company in the U.S. and the world’s leader in weighing equipment, announces the new Roller Conveyor Scale, designed to capture static weighments of products as they manually move down a conveyor line.

From Fairbanks Scales Inc. 17 Jul 2020

New Ultra-Small TiO2 Crystals may Help Produce Methane, Other Fuels from CO2

Imagine tiny crystals that "blink" like fireflies and can convert carbon dioxide, a key cause of climate change, into fuels.

17 Jul 2020

Researchers Develop Novel Cobalt-Free High-Energy Lithium-Ion Battery

For decades, researchers have looked for ways to eliminate cobalt from the high-energy batteries that power electronic devices, due to its high cost and the human rights ramifications of its mining.

17 Jul 2020

Study Monitors Time-Dependent Decay of CO2 Molecules on Graphene

Monolayer graphene, an atomic-layer thick sheet of carbon has found immense applications in diverse fields including chemical sensors, detecting single molecule adsorption events electronically.

17 Jul 2020

Researchers Successfully Develop and Study Supramolecular Poly-Catenanes

The "nanolimpiad", as the complex structure of self-assembled links has been named, looks like the five Olympic Rings and may become the source of new polymeric materials with innovative properties.

17 Jul 2020

New Durable Coating Could Help Keep Food-Contact Surfaces Clean

In the future, a durable coating could help keep food-contact surfaces clean in the food processing industry, including in meat processing plants.

17 Jul 2020

Olympus scanR High-Content Screening Station v. 3.2 Brings Improved Image Quality with Award-Winning X Line Objectives

The scanR high-content screening station version 3.2 delivers improved image quality, better quantitative data, support for challenging segmentation and classification applications and increased speed to help life science researchers maximize the information they get from their samples.

From Evident Corporation - NDT 17 Jul 2020

Sherwin-Williams Expands its Line of FIRETEX® Passive Fire Protection Coatings

Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine has expanded its line of time-tested FIRETEX® passive fire protection coatings with a solution that optimises applications and reduces costs by enabling precise coating thickness specifications for onshore assets.

From The Sherwin-Williams Company 16 Jul 2020