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Novel 'Nanocardboard' Flyers as Martian Atmospheric Probes

This summer, NASA plans to launch its next Mars rover, Perseverance, which will carry with it the first aircraft to ever fly on another planet, the Mars Helicopter.

22 Apr 2020

New Generation of Organic Memristors Shows Promise For Wearable, Personalized Computing

The advent of artificial intelligence, machine learning and the internet of things is expected to change modern electronics and bring forth the fourth Industrial Revolution. The pressing question for many researchers is how to handle this technological revolution.

22 Apr 2020

New Method Uses Hot Water for the Production of Plastics

Many materials that we use every day are not sustainable. Some are harmful to plants or animals, others contain rare elements that will not always be as readily available as they are today. A great hope for the future is to achieve different material properties by using novel organic molecules.

22 Apr 2020

Exploring How Materials in Flexible Electronics Behave Under Stress and Strain

Flexible circuits have become a highly desirable commodity in modern technology, with applications in biotechnology, electronics, monitors and screens, being of particular importance.

22 Apr 2020

New Approach Could Revolutionize the Field of Photovoltaics

Experimental condensed matter physicists in the Department of Physics at the University of Oklahoma have developed an approach to circumvent a major loss process that currently limits the efficiency of commercial solar cells.

22 Apr 2020

Designing a New Carbon Structure from Diamond Nanothreads

QUT researchers have proposed the design of a new carbon nanostructure made from diamond nanothreads that could one day be used for mechanical energy storage, wearable technologies, and biomedical applications.

22 Apr 2020

Chinese Researchers Design POP Atomic Clock with Excellent Frequency Stability

Chinese researchers have developed a pulsed optically pumped (POP) atomic clock with a frequency stability of 4.7 × 10-15 at 104 seconds based on a new design.

22 Apr 2020

Cryogenic VICTREX CT Polymer Selected by Advanced Engineering Valves after Meeting Shell MESC Specifications

Belgium-based Advanced Engineering Valves , an Emerson company and industry leader for cryogenic and severe service ball valves, has selected a Victrex high performance cryogenic PEEK polymer to help its customers operate applications more efficiently and safely.

22 Apr 2020

Online Resources for Powder Processors

In the current climate online resources are going to be of even greater value to powder processors.

From Freeman Technology 22 Apr 2020

AkzoNobel and BYK-Gardner Digitize Surface Texture for Powder Coatings

Customers have been benefiting from AkzoNobel’s expert digitization of color for decades. Now the company is entering new territory with the help of pioneering technology developed by BYK-Gardner, which can digitally measure and control the textured surfaces of powder coatings.

From Byk Instruments 22 Apr 2020

Effects of the COVID 19 Shutdown on the Air Quality in Innsbruck

Facing an impending shutdown due to the COVID 19 crisis, we started to document its impact on the environment by analyzing Innsbruck’s air quality with a CHARON PTR-TOF 6000 X2.

From IONICON Analytik 21 Apr 2020

Graphene Nanomesh: New 'Brick' for Modern Micromachine Systems

Researchers at Japan advanced institute of science and technology have successfully fabrication the suspended graphene nanomesh in a large area by the helium ion beam microscopy. 6nm diameter nanopores were pattern on the 1.2 um long and 500 nm wide suspended graphene uniformly.

21 Apr 2020

No Fuss Technique for Accurate Characterization of Gluten Protein

An informative applications article from Postnova Analytics demonstrates how its Asymmetrical Field Flow Fractionation (AF4) technology can be used, with no sample pre-treatment, to separate large gluten proteins and provide accurate molecular weight and molecular size (Rg) data.

From Postnova Analytics 21 Apr 2020

Titanium Catalyst Makes Light Usable for Selective Chemical Reactions

For the first time, chemists at the University of Bonn and Lehigh University in Bethlehem have developed a titanium catalyst that makes light usable for selective chemical reactions.

21 Apr 2020

Electrical Manipulation of Magnetic Material to Make Advanced Memory Devices

Researchers successfully demonstrated a method to switch a novel material between two different nonvolatile states at very high speeds and with great accuracy.

21 Apr 2020