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Schaeffler Condition Monitoring Solution Helps Prevent Unplanned Downtime of Water Treatment Pumping Stations

A drinking water treatment company in Asia is preventing unplanned downtime of critical equipment across its pumping stations following the successful installation of a condition monitoring solution from Schaeffler.

From Schaeffler (UK) Ltd 26 Jul 2019

New Transition Metal Electrocatalyst Improves Oxygen Evolution Reaction

Researchers from the Institute of Solid State Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science created an efficient transition metal electrocatalyst for enhancing oxygen evolution reaction. The study was reported in Small.

25 Jul 2019

Researchers Aim to Develop Ultrathin Transistors for Faster Computer Chips

TU Wien researchers have achieved an important breakthrough in transistor technology: With the support of novel insulators, superior-quality transistors can be built using two-dimensional (2D) materials.

25 Jul 2019

New Material Developed for Wearable Devices has Excellent Electrical Conductivity

Researchers have reported a novel material that simultaneously retains its properties, like self-healability, high electrical conductivity, and high stretchability, even after being exposed to adverse mechanical strain.

25 Jul 2019

Demonstration of Charge Mobility Mechanism in Organic Single Crystal

Charge-conducting organic materials could be used in many inspiring applications, including low-cost solar cells and flexible electronic devices.

25 Jul 2019

XOMETRY Announces Partnership with Alibaba.com as a Co- Marketing Sponsor to Help U.S. Small Businesses Sell Locally and Globally

Xometry, the largest on-demand manufacturing marketplace, today announced it is joining Alibaba.com’s U.S. B2B ecosystem as a Co-Marketing Sponsor.

From Xometry 25 Jul 2019

Researchers Search for New Materials to Replace Diamonds in Drilling Tasks

Diamonds are not merely a girl’s best friend—they are also important components for hard-wearing industrial parts, such as the drill bits used to reach oil and gas deposits underground. But an economical technique to find other appropriate materials to perform the task is on the way.

24 Jul 2019

Researchers Report New Valley Acoustoelectric Effect in 2D Materials

Scientists at the Center for Theoretical Physics of Complex Systems (PCS), within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS, South Korea), and teammates have described a new phenomenon, known as Valley Acoustoelectric Effect, which occurs in 2D materials, like graphene.

24 Jul 2019

SENTECH Celebrates Topping-Out Ceremony

SENTECH Instruments GmbH celebrates the topping-out ceremony for a new building. The new facilities are built to increase production warehouse and administration area. SENTECH was celebrating the ceremony in the Science and Technology Park Berlin Adlershof on July 17, 2019.

From Sentech Instruments 24 Jul 2019

Incorporation of Polymer Prevents Metal-Organic Frameworks from Collapsing

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are an exclusive group of sponge-like materials having nano-sized pores.

23 Jul 2019

Understanding Susceptibility of Additively Manufactured Materials to Degradation

Southwest Research Institute together with The University of Texas at San Antonio is working to gain insights into the vulnerability of additively manufactured materials to hydrogen embrittlement, a general issue that can result in mechanical hardware breaking down and losing functionality.

23 Jul 2019

Beta-Gallium Oxide Shows Promise for Creating High-Power Semiconductors

Electrical engineers at the University of Illinois (U. of I.) have added beta-gallium oxide—the field’s hottest material—to their arsenal, thus overcoming another barrier in the fabrication of high-power semiconductors.

23 Jul 2019

SEMICON Europa Drives Smart: Transportation, MedTech, Design and Workforce

SEMICON Europa, Europe’s largest event connecting the entire electronics design and manufacturing supply chain, from innovation to application, will spotlight smart technologies and the talent vital to continuing industry growth 12-15 November, 2019 at Messe München, in Munich, Germany. Registration is open for visitors and exhibitors.

23 Jul 2019

PAC Releases OptiPMD, the Next Generation Lab Mini-Distillation Analyzer

PAC introduces OptiPMD, ISL's latest version of its robust and portable micro-distillation analyzer. OptiPMD combines 15 years of experience with the latest technology to offer a user-friendly solution that significantly reduces the need for training.

From PAC L.P. 23 Jul 2019

SUNY Poly Researchers Awarded $1.5M by U.S. Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technology Office for Highly Efficient and Reliable Power Electronics Devices

SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) announced today that Interim Vice President of Research Advancement and Graduate Studies Dr. Shadi Shahedipour-Sandvik and Associate Professor of Nanoengineering Dr. Woongje Sung have been selected to receive $1,500,000 in total federal funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technology Office (VTO) for the development of 1200V silicon carbide metal-oxide-silicon-field-effect-transistors (MOSFET), and for reliability studies of Aluminum Gallium Nitride-based high electron mobility transistors (HEMT), the switch components of power electronic chips, which are superior to their silicon–based counterpart in areas such as cost, performance, and reliability.

23 Jul 2019