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Study Evaluates Impact of Spectral Notch Filters on Chromatic Response of Eyes

A new UC Davis Eye Center study, conducted in collaboration with France's INSERM Stem Cell and Brain Research Institute, found that special patented glasses engineered with technically advanced spectral notch filters enhance color vision for those with the most common types of red-green color vision deficiency.

14 Jul 2020

See What’s In Your Food

Learn how LECO has been expanding what is possible when it comes to food safety analyses with a free series of webinars.

From LECO Corporation 13 Jul 2020

Element Acquires Strategic Stake in Cambridge-Based Technology Start-Up, Plastometrex

Element Materials Technology (Element), a global leader in materials and product qualification testing, has announced that it has made a strategic investment in Plastometrex, a Cambridge-based technology start-up, which develops technical and software-led solutions for testing in material science.

From Element Materials Technology 13 Jul 2020

Chemiluminescent Molecules Help Accurately Analyze Microscopic Samples

Researchers from Curtin University have devised a new technique to achieve a more accurate analysis of microscopic samples by typically making them “glow in the dark,” by using chemically luminescent molecules.

13 Jul 2020

Spin-Lattice Interaction in Iron-Platinum Thin Films Cancels Out Thermal Expansion of Crystal Lattice

In thermal equilibrium, iron-platinum (FePt) belongs to the class of invar materials, which hardly expand at all when heated. This phenomenon was observed as early as 1897 in the nickel-iron alloy "Invar", but it is only in recent years that experts have been able to understand which mechanism are driving it: Normally, heating of solids leads to lattice vibrations which cause expansion because the vibrating atoms need more space.

13 Jul 2020

Study Provides New Insights into a key Enzyme

Advanced herbicides and treatments for infection may result from the unravelling of a 50-year-old mystery by University of Queensland researchers.

13 Jul 2020

Study Shows Promise for Designing New Perovskite Compositions for Stable Solar Cells

Solar cells made of perovskite are at the center of much recent solar research. The material is cheap, easy to produce and almost as efficient as silicon, the material traditionally used in solar cells. However, perovskite cells have a love-hate-relationship with the sun.

13 Jul 2020

Bromine Molecule can be Stabilized in the Cavity of Hemispherical Vanadium Oxide Cluster

Alkanes are major constituents of natural gas and oil, consisting of carbon and hydrogen atoms only. The C-H bonds of alkanes are chemically stable with low reactivity. Technologies that enable selective functionalization*1) of alkanes for converting alkanes into useful raw materials for chemical products such as alcohols and bromoalkanes are eagerly sought for development of both basic chemical sciences and industries.

13 Jul 2020

New Technology Converts Convert Carbon Dioxide Emissions into Construction Materials

A UCLA research team has received a two-year, $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to support development of a process that can convert carbon dioxide emissions into construction materials.

13 Jul 2020

Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy Gives Nanoscale Details of Coatings as They Dry

Dull. Slow. Unchanging. Like watching paint dry.

13 Jul 2020

Study Could Advance Future Wearable Electronics and Biosensors

RMIT-UNSW collaboration applies liquid-metal synthesis to piezoelectrics, advancing future flexible, wearable electronics, and biosensors drawing their power from the body's movements.

13 Jul 2020

Standardized Packaging and New Taxation Reduce Cigarette Sales

The introduction of standardised packaging for cigarettes in the UK, combined with stricter taxation measures on cheaper cigarettes, has led to a significant fall in sales for cigarettes, according to new analysis from researchers at the University of Bath.

13 Jul 2020

Scientists Develop New Way to Stretch and Strain Liquid Crystals to Generate Different Colors

Chameleons are famous for their color-changing abilities. Depending on their body temperature or mood, their nervous system directs skin tissue that contains nanocrystals to expand or contract, changing how the nanocrystals reflect light and turning the reptile's skin a rainbow of colors.

13 Jul 2020

New Tool Straightens Out Molecule-Sized Tangles of Polymers

A team of scientists at the University of Vermont have invented a new tool--they call it a "nanocage"--that can catch and straighten out molecule-sized tangles of polymers.

13 Jul 2020