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Soil Survey Shows Nearly 40% of Arable Soils ‘Degraded’ Across England and Wales

Scientists led by Rothamsted Research have developed an easy to use ‘soil health’ measure that shows for the first time that 38% of arable soils in England and Wales are degraded. This is compared with less ...

10 Jul 2020

Cementex Announces Improved Insulated Torque Wrenches

Cementex, the safety tool specialists, announces the availability of updated insulated torque wrenches featuring the company’s industry-leading double-insulation technology.

From Cementex Products, Inc. 10 Jul 2020

Improve Process Control with Seika's SWB Wetting Balance Tester by Malcom

Seika Machinery, Inc., a leading provider of advanced machinery, materials and engineering services, introduces the Malcom SWB-2 Wetting Balance Tester. The entire procedure from flux application (with flux temperature control function) to measurement end is automated.

From Seika Machinery, Inc. 10 Jul 2020

More Than 7,000 of the World’s Best-Known Research Journals Commit to Action on Equality

Publishers of some of the world’s most impactful research journals and books have committed to tackling bias and discrimination by signing up to the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Joint commitment for action on inclusion and diversity in publishing.

10 Jul 2020

Creaform’s Extends its Portfolio of NDT Solutions for the Oil and Gas Industry with the Go!SCAN 3D White Light Scanner

Creaform, the worldwide leader in portable and automated 3D measurement solutions, today announced that the Go!SCAN 3D has been added to the company’s lineup of non-destructive testing (NDT) technologies for the oil and gas industry.

From Creaform Inc. 10 Jul 2020

Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology Releases PTIQ: Intelligent Control Software

Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology, a leading provider of plasma and ion beam processing equipment has today launched PTIQ, a new range of control software for their leading-edge plasma processing systems.

From Oxford Instruments Semiconductor 10 Jul 2020

New Electro-Oxidation Process to Remove Drug Wastes from Treated Wastewater

Pesticides, pharmaceutical products, and endocrine disruptors are some of the emerging contaminants often found in treated domestic wastewater, even after secondary treatment.

10 Jul 2020

New Compound Could be Key to Understand Elusive Quantum Spin Liquid State

Aside from the deep understanding of the natural world that quantum physics theory offers, scientists worldwide are working tirelessly to bring forth a technological revolution by leveraging this newfound knowledge in engineering applications.

10 Jul 2020

Novel Mechanism to Maximize Photon Conversion Efficiency in 2D Materials

Photonics, or the science of manipulating light, has various applications in modern electronics--such as in information technology, semiconductors, and health-based devices.

10 Jul 2020

New Approach to Better Measure Crystal Growth Rate in Supercooled Liquids

The authors propose a new quantitative approach to better measure the crystal growth rate in supercooled liquids.

10 Jul 2020

New Study on Steel in Space Could Help Enhance Future Remelting Technology

For many years, the Institute of Experimental Physics at Graz University of Technology and the Styrian industrial company Böhler Edelstahl have been conducting joint research on the surface tension and temperature dependence of different types of steel.

10 Jul 2020

New Strategy to Greatly Boost Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction

Solar-driven reduction of CO2 into energy-rich fuels, such as CO, HCOOH, and CH3OH, has been conceived as a highly promising approach to solve energy crisis and environmental pollution.

10 Jul 2020

New Method Could Help Determine Origin of Colorless Glass from Roman Period

Glass is an immensely interesting archaeological material: While its fragility and beauty is fascinating in itself, geochemical studies of invisible tracers can reveal more than what meets the eye.

10 Jul 2020

Researchers Create CO2-Neutral Energy Closed-Loop Technology from Microalgae

Researchers of Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University in collaboration with Hamburg University of Technology completed an international joint project to create a resource and CO2-neutral energy closed-loop technology from microalgae Chlorella sorokiniana and duckweed Lemna minor.

10 Jul 2020

New Super White Paint Could Keep Buildings Cooler by Passive Radiative Cooling

A research team led by UCLA materials scientists has demonstrated ways to make super white paint that reflects as much as 98% of incoming heat from the sun.

10 Jul 2020