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Coordination Polymer Glass Provides Added Strength and Flexibility to Hydrogen Fuel Cells

Scientists at Japan's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) are leading efforts to synthesize stronger and efficient materials for hydrogen fuel cell membranes.

14 May 2020

New Technology Developed to Overcome 3D Printing’s 'Weak Spot'

Allowing users to create objects from simple toys to custom prosthetic parts, plastics are a popular 3D printing material.

14 May 2020

Japanese Researchers Accomplish Catalytic Asymmetric Iodoesterification of Simple Alkenes

Japanese researchers have succeeded in catalytic asymmetric iodoesterification from simple alkene substrates and carboxylic acids.

14 May 2020

Crystals Show Different Flipping Patterns Based on Light Polarity

Insights into a flipping crystal could further research into the development of autonomous robots.

14 May 2020

Dopant-Free Hole Transporting Materials for Efficient p-i-n Perovskite Solar Cells

Perovskite solar cells (pero-SCs) show great potential in the photoelectric fields due to high power conversion efficiency (PCE), simple processing technology, low fabrication cost, etc..

14 May 2020

Novel Freeze-Thaw Method for Fabricating Noble-Metal Aerogels

As a new class of porous materials, noble metal aerogels (NMAs) have drawn tremendous attention because of their combined features including self-supported architectures, high surface areas, and numerous optically and catalytically active sites, enabling their impressive performance in diverse fields.

14 May 2020

3D Printing of Large Objects Made Easier with Expandable Foam

It's a frustrating limitation of 3D printing: Printed objects must be smaller than the machine making them.

14 May 2020

Ferromagnetic Semiconductor for Creating Smaller and Faster Electronics

As our smartphones, laptops, and computers get smaller and faster, so do the transistors inside them that control the flow of electricity and store information.

14 May 2020

SAKOR Technologies Announces Dynamometer Line for Testing Electric Motor Efficiency to Meet International Environmental Standards

SAKOR Technologies Inc., a recognized leader in the area of high-performance dynamometer systems, announces that it has developed a series of dynamometer systems ideal for customers required to test and verify the level of efficiency of electric motors in accordance with a variety of national and international standards, including IEC 60034-2-1; IEEE 112B; and Canadian standard C390-93. The SAKOR units can be used test from two to eight pole motors ranging from 10 watts to more than 3 megawatts.

From SAKOR Technologies 14 May 2020

Pre-Engineering will be Key to Superior’s New Modular Platform Systems

Superior Industries, Inc., a U.S. based manufacturer and global supplier of bulk material processing and handling systems, is excited to offer a new series of modular plants for aggregate crushing, sorting, sizing and washing applications. Known as Fusion™ Modular Platforms, these pre-engineered, ready-to-build systems still allow customization to achieve best performance at each jobsite.

From Superior Industries, Inc. 14 May 2020