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Novel Sail Design Based on Perforated Films Reduces Overall Sail Mass

Overseas exploration and trade during the Age of Discovery (15th-17th centuries) were possible by sail technology, and deep-space exploration will require the same for the coming Age of NewSpace.

7 May 2020

Polyglass Announces Modibond® G FR APP Granulated Cap Sheet

Polyglass, a leading manufacturer of modified bitumen roofing and waterproofing membranes and roof coatings for low and steep-slope applications, announces Modibond® G FR, an APP (plastomeric) granulated cap sheet for low-slope roofs.

From POLYGLASS U.S.A. Inc. 7 May 2020

Public Relations Departmnet SPbPU

Researchers from Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) in collaboration with colleagues from Southern Federal University and Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT Madras) suggested using machine learning methods to predict the properties of artificial sapphire crystals. It is a unique material widely used in microelectronics, optics and electronics.

7 May 2020

Material Characterization Webinar Series

From leading products to industry experts, Micromeritics helps open new horizons in Material Characterization.

From Malvern Panalytical 6 May 2020

Renishaw Launches Raman System for Forensic Analysis

Renishaw today announced the launch of the inVia™ InSpect, a new version of its bestselling inVia confocal Raman microscope, optimised for use in forensic laboratories for trace evidence analysis.

From Renishaw plc - Spectroscopy 6 May 2020

New Material Enables Faster Desalination Water than Existing Ones

Researchers in the College of Science have developed a material that is up to 40 times faster in desalinating small batches of water than other materials available today.

6 May 2020

New Findings Related to Muon Anomaly Challenge Standard Model

Two decades ago, an experiment at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory pinpointed a mysterious mismatch between established particle physics theory and actual lab measurements.

6 May 2020

Small-Molecule Metal Catalysts Used to Create Drug Discovery Platform

The use of metals in drug delivery could offer major benefits, including allowing for lower dosages of a medication to achieve therapeutic effects. But metal catalysts haven't been fully exploited in drug discovery.

6 May 2020

Study Reports Key Chemical Discovery to Create Electronic Marijuana Breathalyzer

UCLA chemists have reported the key chemical discovery necessary for the creation of a small, electronic marijuana breathalyzer.

6 May 2020

Research Develop First-Ever Liquid Metal Lattice with Multiple Applications

Pu Zhang likes to compare his team's research on liquid metals to the Terminator -- specifically 1991's Terminator 2: Judgment Day, in which a killer robot sent from a grim future can transform into anyone and anything in pursuit of its human prey.

6 May 2020

New, Unique Spinel Material Could Find Several Applications

Spinels are oxides with chemical formulas of the type AB2O4, where A is a divalent metal cation (positive ion), B is a trivalent metal cation, and O is oxygen.

5 May 2020

Perovskites Could Help Create Low-Cost, Efficient, Flexible Solar Cells

Perovskites with their crystal structures and promising electro-optical properties could be the active ingredient that makes the next generation of low-cost, efficient, lightweight and flexible solar cells.

5 May 2020

Diamagnetic Molecules Show Magneto-Sensitive Optical, Photophysical Properties

The Princeton University Department of Chemistry publishes research this week proving that an applied magnetic field will interact with the electronic structure of weakly magnetic, or diamagnetic, molecules to induce a magnetic-field effect that, to their knowledge, has never before been documented.

5 May 2020

The Advanced Materials Show and Ceramics UK will Now Take Place on 2nd & 3rd December 2020, Stoneleigh UK

Due to the ongoing and developing situation regarding COVID-19 Event Partners, the show organisers, have made the decision to move The Advanced Materials Show and Ceramics UK and their co-located events Battery Cells & Systems Expo and Vehicle Electrification Expo to 2nd & 3rd December 2020.

From The Advanced Materials Show 5 May 2020

New, Low-Cost, Efficient Device Splits Water to Produce Hydrogen Fuel

Rice University researchers have integrated high-efficiency solar cells and electrode catalysts into an efficient, low-cost device that splits water to produce hydrogen fuel.

5 May 2020