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Microspy Mobile: Ready for Use Whenever You Need it

No matter if the machine is big, the car interior is difficult to reach, the roller is fixed or the glass pane is very large and bulky: If measurements have to be taken "on site", the MicroSpy® Mobile is used as a compact and portable measuring tool.

From Camtek FRT Metrology 30 Jan 2020

Microprof DI: High-Precision Optical Surface Inspection for Semiconductor Applications

Packaging technologies are fast evolving in the semiconductor industry to achieve the functionality, speed and form factor required for the mobile market with its state-of-the-art electronics products.

From Camtek FRT Metrology 30 Jan 2020

Grupo Mess Named Exclusive Buehler Distributor for Metallographic and Hardness Equipment in Mexico

Buehler announces a partnership with Grupo Mess, a leading Mexico supplier of scientific equipment and services specializing in metrology.

From Buehler 30 Jan 2020

AMAZEA Underwater Scooter, Serially-Produced with BigRep 3D Printers

For the first time ever a consumer water sports mobility device will be 75% additively manufactured (AM) with serial-produced,

From BigRep 30 Jan 2020

Nu Decade, Nu Probes!

It’s becoming something of a NuNano tradition that January is prime time for letting you know we’re adding new probes to our range. This year is no different.

From Nu Nano Ltd 30 Jan 2020

Novel Fractionation Technology Optimizes Separation & Measurement of Nano-Sized Materials

An informative white paper from Postnova Analytics demonstrates how its novel Electrical and Asymmetrical Field Flow Fractionation (EAF4) technology can be used to separate a wide variety of nano-sized materials while simultaneously determining surface charge.

From Postnova Analytics 30 Jan 2020

PTR-TOF 1000 Ultra – 2020 Performance Boost and New X2 Option

2020 starts with a considerable performance upgrade of the PTR-TOF 1000 ultra. New and improved hardware components increase the instrument’s sensitivity dramatically. Moreover, the PTR-TOF 1000 series now also features a higher mass resolution of > 2,000.

From IONICON Analytik 30 Jan 2020

Strongwell Completes Two-Year Program through VEDP to Grow Export Sales

Strongwell was one of 14 Virginia companies recently recognized in Richmond for completing the two-year Virginia Leaders in Export Trade (VALET) Program, offered by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership’s (VEDP) International Trade division.

From Strongwell Corporation 30 Jan 2020

Covalent Organic Frameworks Show Promise as Base for Creating Novel Materials

Whenever a new kind of material had to be developed, engineers or chemists would simply go to the laboratory and begin “cooking.”

29 Jan 2020

New Biomimetic, Protein-Based Filtration Membrane Offers High Performance

A multidisciplinary team including researchers and engineers has created a new type of filtration membranes for a wide range of applications—such as contaminant-removal processes, water purification, and small-molecule separations—that perform very well than existing technology and can be quickly produced.

29 Jan 2020

Delta Airlines Installs Two RPI Turbine Rotor Assembly Systems

RPI UK has installed two integrated rotor measurement and assembly platforms (iMAPs) at Atlanta-based Delta Airlines; the Rolls-Royce approved MRO facility.

From Rotary Precision Instruments UK Ltd 29 Jan 2020

Improved Sustainability for Chemistry Laboratories

Asynt reports on how chemistry labs, seeking to minimise water wastage, are electing to replace Liebig-style water condensers with their CondenSyn waterless air condenser, for both reflux and distillation reactions.

From Asynt 29 Jan 2020

Methane Conversion Induced by Environmentally Friendly Photocatalyst

Strontium titanate combined with rhodium nanoparticles converted methane and carbon dioxide into synthesis gas under light irradiation at much lower temperatures than those required in thermal reactors. Image Credit: Tokyo Tech.

28 Jan 2020

New Polyamide Plastics Made from Turpentine Oil, Instead of Crude Oil

Polyamides that are contained in cars, ski bindings, or items of clothing are important plastics. To date, crude oil is mainly used for commercial production of these plastics. Very few “green” alternatives to these plastics exist, for instance, castor-oil-based polyamides.

28 Jan 2020