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Virtual Acceptance Test Clears Path for Harper International to Deliver Lignin Processing Equipment to University of British Columbia

Harper International, world leader in thermal processing solutions for advanced materials, has successfully completed virtual Factory Acceptance Testing (vFAT) of Scientific Line Equipment to be used for Processing Carbon Fiber Precursors at the nanoscale level at University of British Columbia (UBC).

From Harper International 22 Jun 2020

The June 2020 Edition of the Crystallography Times Newsletter is Online

The June edition of Crystallography Times from Rigaku Corporation has been published and is now available on the company’s global website.

From Rigaku Corporation 22 Jun 2020

Researchers Design Paramagnetic Resonance Correlation Suited for Zero Field

A high-resolution paramagnetic resonance detection method based on the diamond nitrogen-vacancy (NV) color center quantum sensor was proposed and experimentally implemented by academician DU Jiangfeng from USTC.

22 Jun 2020

New Approach to Find Intrinsically Low Thermal Conductivity in 1D Crystals

The low thermal transport properties are important for applications in thermoelectrics and thermal barrier coatings.

22 Jun 2020

New Technology can Conserve Energy Used to Capture CO2

A Japanese research group developed a new technology that can drastically conserve the energy used to capture CO2 from gases exhausted from a concentrated source such as thermal power plants.

22 Jun 2020

Polymers Added to Functional Colloids Help Achieve Desirable Properties

Colloids are complex mixtures in which microscopic particles of one substance are suspended evenly throughout another.

22 Jun 2020

New Method for Producing 2D Materials-Based Heterostructure Devices

Researchers at the University of Exeter have developed a pioneering production method for heterostructure devices, based on 2D materials such as graphene.

22 Jun 2020

Study Explores New Ways to Create Interactions Between Distant Electrons

"Beam me up" is one of the most famous catchphrases from the Star Trek series. It is the command issued when a character wishes to teleport from a remote location back to the Starship Enterprise.

22 Jun 2020

New Insights into Exciton Could Help Advance Semiconductor Devices

A team of researchers led by Sufei Shi, an assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has uncovered new information about the mass of individual components that make up a promising quasiparticle, known as an exciton, that could play a critical role in future applications for quantum computing, improved memory storage, and more efficient energy conversion.

22 Jun 2020

New Study Aims to Gain Better Insights into Skyrmion Behavior

As the demands on information technology increase, the need to improve the storage of data also grows.

22 Jun 2020

Improved Quality Control for Steel Manufacturers

Olympus, a leading manufacturer of industrial microscopes, is improving the efficiency of nonmetallic inclusion analysis for steel manufacturers who use OLYMPUS Stream™ image analysis software.

From Evident Corporation - NDT 19 Jun 2020

WAI Manufacturing Critical Parts to Rapidly Address Ventilator Shortages

WAI will leverage its proprietary wiper motor technology to begin immediate production of medical motors to rapidly address a growing shortage of life-saving ventilators during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

From WAIglobal 19 Jun 2020

Chasing COVID-19: CSIRO Scientists Find Fast, Cheaper Way to Find Outbreaks in Our Wastewater

Tracking community outbreaks of COVID-19 through wastewater can happen faster, using more cost-effective tests, according to new research published by the Australian national science agency, CSIRO.

19 Jun 2020

Researchers Develop New High-Power Direct Borohydride Fuel Cells

Electrification of the transportation sector -- one of the largest consumers of energy in the world -- is critical to future energy and environmental resilience.

19 Jun 2020