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New Gold Nanoparticles-Based Technique to Detect Meat Proteins in Food

A University of Central Florida researcher is developing new technology to make sure people are getting the food they think they're eating.

2 Jul 2020

$New X-Ray Diffraction Tool Could Help Create 3D Views of Different Materials$

New X-Ray Diffraction Tool Could Help Create 3D Views of Different Materials

Nothing brings scientists together like the possibility of better, more versatile research.

2 Jul 2020

Woodsafe Timber Protection from Sweden Sets Sail for Britain

Woodsafe Timber Protection, one of Scandinavia's leading companies in fire-retardant wood surface layers and fire-retardant wood products, is establishing in the UK.

From Woodsafe Timber Protection 1 Jul 2020

Metso Outotec Starts Operations–Partner for Positive Change for Tomorrow’s Aggregates, Minerals, Metals and Recycling Industries

As sustainable processing of the world’s natural resources is becoming a norm within the industries, Metso Outotec is driving the transformation.

From Metso 1 Jul 2020

University of Liverpool and Scott Bader Company Ltd Announce Joint Venture

The University of Liverpool and Scott Bader Company Ltd have formed a joint venture; Polymer Mimetics, to develop a novel polymer chemistry platform.

From Scott Bader Company Ltd. 1 Jul 2020

AkzoNobel’s Interpon Brand Launches 3D Visualization for Powder Coatings Customers

Choosing the right powder coating has never been easier, thanks to the introduction of immersive 3D imaging technology by AkzoNobel’s Interpon brand.

From AkzoNobel 1 Jul 2020

DSM Halves the Carbon Footprint of Akulon® PA6

Royal DSM, a global science-based company in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living, today announces that its Engineering Materials will offer its existing Akulon® PA6 portfolio produced in Europe with a significantly reduced carbon footprint by the beginning of 2021, thus offering the lowest carbon footprint of PA6 available in the market.

From Royal DSM 1 Jul 2020

Croatian Hotel Group VALAMAR Works with Products from MSR-Electronic

VALAMAR Riviera d.d. is the first and largest hotel chain in Croatia and the leading tourism company. It runs 36 hotels and resorts and 15 camping resorts on the Adriatic coast in Istria, on the islands of Krk and Rab, in Makarska and Dubrovnik.

From MSR-Electronic GmbH 1 Jul 2020

Introducing SimpliVac by Buehler

Buehler has launched the SimpliVac™, the first programmable castable mounting system to expedite materials sample preparation in manufacturing quality control or inspection laboratories that work on testing small material parts or component samples in electronics, thermal spray coatings, additive manufacturing, composites, and other specialty surface treatments.

From Buehler 1 Jul 2020

Rigaku Analytical Devices to participate in the IAFC Virtual Hazmat Experience

Rigaku Analytical Devices, the market leader in handheld 1064nm Raman technology, will showcase its portfolio of handheld Raman analyzers during the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) Virtual Hazmat Experience being held July 14-16, 2020.

From Rigaku Corporation 1 Jul 2020

Rigaku Analytical Devices Launches Expanding Capabilities Equipment for Law Enforcement (EXCEL) Program

Rigaku Analytical Devices, the market leader in handheld 1064nm Raman technology, will provide next generation narcotics, and other illegal drug analysis, equipment to state and local law enforcement agencies through new Excel Program.

From Rigaku Corporation 1 Jul 2020

Foldable Tent-Like Device Reduces Risk of Exposure to Pathogens

A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has invented a foldable tent-like device that serves as a physical shield to reduce the risk of exposure to pathogens for healthcare workers performing droplet and aerosol generating procedures on COVID-19 patients.

1 Jul 2020

New Coatings on Implants Could Help Make Them More Compatible

Researchers at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have developed a new method of applying anti-inflammatory substances to implants in order to inhibit undesirable inflammatory reactions in the body.

1 Jul 2020

Computer Simulations Help Simulate Wear, Friction of Real Materials at Atomic Scale

Wear and friction are crucial issues in many industrial sectors: What happens when one surface slides across another? Which changes must be expected in the material? What does this mean for the durability and safety of machines?

1 Jul 2020

New Non-Invasive Method to Measure Thickness of Carbon Nanotube Films

Scientists from Skoltech and their colleagues from Russia and Finland have figured out a non-invasive way to measure the thickness of single-walled carbon nanotube films, which may find applications in a wide variety of fields from solar energy to smart textiles.

1 Jul 2020