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Vanta Element-S XRF Analyzer Offers Fast, Affordable Light Element Detection

The new Vanta Element-S handheld X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzer delivers fast light element detection at an affordable price, joining a family of cost-effective, entry-level Vanta Element XRF instruments.

From Evident Corporation - NDT 28 May 2020

Dow Launches New Post-Consumer Recycled Plastic Resin in Asia Pacific

Dow recently developed and commercialized a new formulated post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic resin designed for collation shrink film applications in Asia Pacific.

From Dow Corning 28 May 2020

B&W Tek Unveils Newly Updated QTRam® & BWAnalyst Software

B&W Tek, an industry-leading Metrohm Group company provider of laser, Raman, NIR and LIBS systems mobile providing solutions for the pharmaceutical, biomedical, chemical, safety and security, medical devices, research and educational communities recently released the updated Raman portable product the QTRam®.

From Metrohm AG 28 May 2020

Researchers Identify Nanostructure of Ziegler-Natta Catalyst

The nanostructure of the heterogeneous Ziegler-Natta catalyst was clarified on the basis of cutting-edge analytical techniques.

28 May 2020

New Technique to Test Structural Stability of Predicted 2D Materials

An international team of researchers from Russia, Sweden and South Korea has proposed a new way to test the structural stability of predicted 2D materials.

28 May 2020

Study of Battery Interfaces Could Help Create Improved Batteries

Researchers from the Skoltech Center for Energy Science and Technology (CEST) visualized the formation of a solid electrolyte interphase on battery-grade carbonaceous electrode materials using in situ atomic force microscopy (AFM).

28 May 2020

Spacer Layer in 2D Materials Optimized to Create Superior Electronic Interfaces

The fundamental principle of a spin valve is that the resistance is dependent on the parallel or antiparallel configurations of the two ferromagnetic electrodes, thus associating the magnetoresistance (MR) effect, whose basic structure consists of two ferromagnetic metals decoupled by the insertion of a non-magnetic spacer.

28 May 2020

Biomimetic Molecule Reduces Freeze-Thaw Damage, Increases Durability of Concrete

Secrets to cementing the sustainability of our future infrastructure may come from nature, such as proteins that keep plants and animals from freezing in extremely cold conditions.

28 May 2020

Concrete Infused with Polymer Molecules Exhibits Anti-Freezing Abilities

Concrete is one of the most abundant and durable building materials used in modern-day infrastructures, but it has a weakness--ice--which can cause it to crumble and spall.

28 May 2020

New Aluminum Alloy Inactivates Virus, Bacteria to Prevent Infections

The novel coronavirus pandemic has caused an increased demand for antimicrobial treatments that can keep surfaces clean, particularly in health care settings.

28 May 2020

Study Paves Way to High-Precision Studies of Short-Lived Radioactive Molecules

Researchers at MIT and elsewhere have combined the power of a super collider with techniques of laser spectroscopy to precisely measure a short-lived radioactive molecule, radium monofluoride, for the first time.

28 May 2020

New Technology to Fabricate Large-Area Single-Crystal Metal Foils

Just as cloning in biology allows for the creation of one or more replicas of the exact same genes, seeded growth in chemistry can produce a very large metal foil with the exact same surface texture as that of a seeded one.

28 May 2020

New Avalanche Photodiode Could Transform Next-Generation LiDAR Receivers

Electrical and computer engineers at the University of Virginia and University of Texas-Austin have developed an avalanche photodiode that achieved record performance and has the potential to transform next generation night-vision imaging and Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) receivers.

28 May 2020

Researchers Use Chitin, 3D Printing to Produce Multilayered Bulletproof Coatings

Shrimp, lobsters and mushrooms may not seem like great tools for the battlefield, but three engineers from the University of Houston are using chitin - a derivative of glucose found in the cellular walls of arthropods and fungi - and 3D printing techniques to produce high-impact multilayered coatings that can protect soldiers against bullets, lasers, toxic gas and other dangers.

28 May 2020

New Iron-Based, Organic Molecular Traps can Capture Dangerous Pollutants

University at Buffalo chemists have shown that self-assembling molecular traps can be used to capture PFAS -- dangerous pollutants that have contaminated drinking water supplies around the world.

28 May 2020