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Research Reveals New Route for Designing Graphene-Based Active Spintronic Component

KAIST physicists described a route to design the energy-efficient generation, manipulation and detection of spin currents using nonmagnetic two-dimensional materials.

19 May 2020

New Self-Repairing Rubber Made from Waste Materials

Imagine a self-repairing rubber, or super-adhesive made entirely from waste materials.

19 May 2020

A Catalyst Reduces Carbon Dioxide Directly to Formic Acid

Professor Yutaka Amao of the Osaka City University Artificial Photosynthesis Research Center and Ryohei Sato, a 1st year Ph.D. student of the Graduate School of Science majoring in Physics and Chemistry, reveal that the catalyst formate dehydrogenase reduces carbon dioxide directly to formic acid.

19 May 2020

New Technique to Study Atomic Arrangements of Liquid Silicates at Extreme Conditions

Far below the Earth's surface, about 1,800 miles deep, lies a roiling magmatic region sandwiched between the solid silicate-based mantle and molten iron-rich core: The core-mantle boundary.

19 May 2020

Graphene-Reinforced Carbon Fiber May Lead to Low-Cost, High-Strength Car Materials

A new way of creating carbon fibers -- which are typically expensive to make -- could one day lead to using these lightweight, high-strength materials to improve safety and reduce the cost of producing cars, according to a team of researchers.

19 May 2020

Using Pressure to Make Liquid Magnetism Breakthrough

It sounds like a riddle: What do you get if you take two small diamonds, put a small magnetic crystal between them and squeeze them together very slowly-

19 May 2020

New and Improved Models for the Enhanced Characterization of Porous Materials Such as Carbons, Zeolites, and MOFs

Micromeritics Instrument Corp., a global leader in material characterization technologies, offers a number of non-local density functional theory (NLDFT) models which underlines its ongoing commitment to refine the performance of gas adsorption techniques for materials with microporous structure.

From Micromeritics Instrument Corporation 19 May 2020

International Patent for Amaero’s New High Performance Titanium Alloy Enters National Phase (Final Phase) of Approval

Amaero International Limited”) a leader in metal additive manufacturing, has had its application for broad international patent coverage for the new heat treatable titanium alloy enter its final approval stage, the national phase of the Patent Co-operation Treaty (“PCT”).

From Amaero International Limited 19 May 2020

Metcal to Launch New GT Adjustable Temperature Soldering Systems

Metcal today announced plans to launch its new GT90 and GT120 Soldering Systems. The GT90 and GT120 offer market-leading performance due to their use of inductive heating technology and are Metcal’s first platforms with adjustable temperature offered to the market.

From Metcal 19 May 2020

CCD Image Sensor Technology Plays Key Role in COVID-19 Diagnostics

Teledyne is supplying high performance charged coupled devices (CCDs) for COVID-19 diagnostic scientific instruments.

From Teledyne E2V 19 May 2020

Researchers Reveal Why a Mysterious Material Switches from Conductor to Insulator

Tantalum disulfide is a mysterious material. According to textbook theory, it should be a conducting metal, but in the real world it acts like an insulator.

18 May 2020

Free Warranty Extension: Your Safety Belt for Your NETZSCH Instruments!

By committing to an annual service of your instrument, we waive the warranty fees (of up to 5% of the instrument value) and extend your warranty up to 5 years for free.

From NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH 18 May 2020