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The New Buehler Metallographic Laboratory

Buehler's Solutions Centre at Warwick integrates leading-edge metallographic tools, fostering collaboration in materials analysis and sample preparation.

From Buehler 7 Aug 2019

The New Buehler Metallographic Laboratory

Buehler's Solutions Centre at Warwick integrates leading-edge metallographic equipment, fostering innovation in materials analysis and sample preparation.

7 Aug 2019

50 Years Since the Lunar Landing: Buehler's Role

Buehler equipment played a pivotal role in analyzing lunar rocks, ensuring precise results through expert techniques and high-quality polishing compounds.

From Buehler 7 Aug 2019

Study Reveals Hidden Topological Insulator States in Bismuth Crystals

The quest for more improved materials for various electronic devices, including computers, has concentrated on a class of materials called “topological insulators.”

7 Aug 2019

Researchers Develop Filter to Quash Radio Interference

Scientists from Siberian Federal University and Kirensky Institute of Physics suggested a novel design for a multimode stripline resonator.

7 Aug 2019

Transmembrane Temperature Differences Increase Salinity Gradient Energy Production

Although salinity gradient energy serves as an excellent candidate for the substitution of the conventional fossil fuels, recently, concerns about nanofluidic salinity gradient energy harvesting through membranes or ion channels have been growing due to the developments in materials science and nanotechnology.

7 Aug 2019

New Strategy for Making Tunable Photonic Heterostructure Crystals

New levels of miniaturization, speed, and data processing can probably be achieved with optical quantum computers, which use light to transmit information. To achieve this, materials that can absorb and transmit photons are required.

7 Aug 2019

Research Sheds New Light on Electron Dynamics in Transition Metals

Physicists at ETH have measured how electrons in so-called transition metals become redistributed within a fraction of an optical oscillation cycle. They witnessed the electrons becoming concentrated around the metal atoms in less than a femtosecond.

6 Aug 2019

POMCFs Photocatalysts Could Help Convert CO2 into CH4 in a Photoreduction System

Environmental issues and global warming are the results of excessive discharge of CO2 produced from the constant burning of fossil fuels.

6 Aug 2019

Novel Approach for Successful Upward Culture of 3D Multicellular Spheroids

Conventional techniques for in-vitro biological assessments were typically conducted on 2D monolayer cell culture. In these systems, the rigorous spatial interactions between cells were completely ignored, which might result in information loss and inaccurate results.

6 Aug 2019

New Artificial Catalysts Could Make Cleaner Chemicals and Fuels at Industrial Scale

Every living organism relies on enzymes—molecules that boost up biochemical reactions vital for life.

6 Aug 2019

Electricity-Free System can Help Cool Buildings in Crowded Metropolitan Areas

An innovative system designed by engineers can help cool buildings in packed metropolitan areas without using any electricity—a major breakthrough at a time when cities are trying to adjust to climate change.

6 Aug 2019

Predicting Where Failure is Most Likely to Occur in 2D Disordered Material

Disordered materials—like fiber, cellular foams, and polymer networks—are widely used in applications ranging from architecture to biomedical scaffolding.

6 Aug 2019

The TESCAN CLARA SEM Pushes the Boundaries of Materials Characterization

TESCAN CLARA, Ultra-High Resolution Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) takes materials characterization to the next level.

From Tescan 6 Aug 2019

Science in Video (SciVid) Competition for 2019 Announced

The Science in Video (SciVid) competition for 2019, open to everyone passionate about Materials Science and Engineering, has been announced by co-sponsors Goodfellow, the A.J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute of Drexel University and the Materials Research Foundation.

From Goodfellow Corporation 6 Aug 2019