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Q.E.D. Highlights Green-Line High-Performance Jacketed Tubing

Q.E.D. Environmental Systems, Inc., a leading manufacturer of innovative environmental products, announces its Green-Line high-performance jacketed tubing, which enables users to expand the working range of pumping systems.

From QED Environmental Systems, Inc. 2 Jun 2020

Viable Sodium Battery Technology Developed from Abundant, Cheap Materials

Washington State University (WSU) and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) researchers have created a sodium-ion battery that holds as much energy and works as well as some commercial lithium-ion battery chemistries, making for a potentially viable battery technology out of abundant and cheap materials.

2 Jun 2020

Orbital Ordering in Vanadate Compound Exhibits Nucleation-Growth Behavior

A new study by researchers from Waseda University and the University of Tokyo found that orbital ordering in a vanadate compound exhibits a clear nucleation-growth behavior.

2 Jun 2020

Study Shows Carbon Nanotube FETs can be Bulk-Produced

Carbon nanotube transistors are a step closer to commercial reality, now that MIT researchers have demonstrated that the devices can be made swiftly in commercial facilities, with the same equipment used to manufacture the silicon-based transistors that are the backbone of today's computing industry.

2 Jun 2020

Rocket EMS Offers Conformal Coating Services for High-Rel Applications

Rocket EMS Inc., a Silicon Valley based full-service EMS supplier, is pleased to announce that it now offers conformal coating services for high-reliability applications. The service ensures unbeatable quality and consistency in every product.

From Rocket EMS 2 Jun 2020

New Recycling Method can Provide Better, Cheaper Rechargeable Hydride Batteries

A new method for recycling old batteries can provide better performing and cheaper rechargeable hydride batteries (NiMH) as shown in a new study by researchers at Stockholm University.

2 Jun 2020

New Solid-State Thin-Film Battery for Miniature Devices and Sensors

Researchers of Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) approached the creation of a solid-state thin-film battery for miniature devices and sensors.

2 Jun 2020

Low-Temperature Method to Create Better Perovskite Crystals for Solar Cells

Although chemists often make use of high temperatures to achieve things, at times, keeping cool can work wonders. KAUST scientists have found that a low-temperature method can be useful to make improved single crystals for solar cells.

1 Jun 2020

Self-Healing Material for Next-Gen Soft Robots and Wearables

Envisage a stretchable digital screen that heals on its own when a crack develops, or a light-emitting robot that performs farming and space exploration work, or finds survivors in dark and hazardous locations.

1 Jun 2020

Nanoparticle-Dosed Refrigerants Enhance Power Reduction

Power consumption of a home refrigerator can be cut by 29% while improving cooling capacity. Researchers replaced widely-used, but environmentally unfriendly, R134a refrigerant with the more energy-efficient R600a.

1 Jun 2020

New Active Materials Could have Implications for Pharmaceutical Mixing and Delivery

At the atomic level, a glass of water and a spoonful of crystalline salt couldn't look more different. Water atoms move around freely and randomly, while salt crystals are locked in place in a lattice.

1 Jun 2020

A New Sorbent Developed to Purify Water from Hazardous Radioactive Elements

Scientists from Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) in collaboration with colleagues from the Institute of Chemistry FEB RAS come up with a smart technology for the synthesis of sorbent based on a "tungsten bronze" compound powder (Na2WO4) aimed to purify industrial and drinking water from hazardous radionuclides cesium (137Cs), and strontium (90Sr), as well as for effective processing of liquid radioactive waste.

1 Jun 2020