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Scientists Create an “Intrinsically Reversible,” Super-Glue-Like Material

Snails produce a mucous that functions like super-glue, enabling them to stick to rough surfaces such as rocks.

18 Jun 2019

“Self-Healing” Polymer Helps Reduce Lead Leakage in Perovskite Solar Cells

Researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) state that a protective layer of epoxy resin will help arrest leakage of pollutants from perovskite solar cells (PSCs).

18 Jun 2019

3D Modeling Expands the Measuring Power of the Olympus IPLEX NX Videoscope

The IPLEX NX industrial videoscope’s ground-breaking HD RVI imaging is now supported by an advanced software capability, 3‑dimensional modeling.

From Evident Corporation - NDT 18 Jun 2019

Element Six Single Crystal Synthetic Diamond Shortlisted for Laser World of Photonics Innovation Award 2019

Element Six, a world leader in synthetic diamond supermaterials and part of the De Beers Group, is excited to reveal that its quantum diamond for room temperature MASER is a finalist in the optical device category of the Laser World of Photonics Innovation Award 2019.

From Element Six 18 Jun 2019

New Metallic, Air-Stable 2D Magnet that can be Integrated into Spintronic Devices

All are familiar with the image of electrons that zip around the nucleus of an atom and form chemical bonds in molecules and materials. However, a lesser known fact is that electrons possess an additional exclusive property—spin.

18 Jun 2019

New Approach to Improve Thermoelectric Performance of Cu12Sb4S13 Tetrahedrites

Chinese scientists have announced that they have realized high thermoelectric performance of Cu12Sb4S13 tetrahedrites by doping Ge at Sb site and introducing ZnO to ulterior optimization of the thermal and electrical transport properties at the same time.

17 Jun 2019

Strategy of In-Situ Catalytic Grafting at the Solid Electrolyte Interface

A team of researchers, headed by Professor LI Chilin from Shanghai Institute of Ceramics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has suggested a new method of in-situ catalytic grafting at the interface.

17 Jun 2019

Researchers Use Transverse Surface Waves to Move Droplets

Self-cleaning surfaces and laboratories on a chip can become a lot more efficient if individual droplets can be controlled.

17 Jun 2019

Researchers Discover “Concert of Spins” Generate Complex Magnetic Configurations

A global collaboration between scientists from the Netherlands, Germany, and South Korea has revealed a new kind of interaction of the electron spins in layered materials.

14 Jun 2019

Foundrax Hardness Testing Solution Guarantees 100% Quality of Suspension Components for Prestigious German Automotive Manufacturer

Foundrax, the world’s leading specialists in Brinell hardness testing, has just shipped a second bespoke system for the intricate inspection of automotive suspension components to a full-service supplier of aluminium and plastic automotive solutions in Mexico.

From Foundrax Engineering Products Ltd 14 Jun 2019

Imec Presents a Manufacturable Solution for Field-Free Switching Operation of Spin-Orbit Torque MRAM Devices

This week, at the 2019 Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits (June 9-14, 2019), imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, demonstrates field-free switching operation of spin-orbit torque MRAM (SOT-MRAM) devices – eliminating the need for an external magnetic field during write operation.

From IMEC 14 Jun 2019

Hardide Coatings Receives Nadcap Merit Status for Coatings

Hardide Coatings announces that it has been awarded Nadcap Merit status for Coatings.

From Hardide Coatings 14 Jun 2019

RCNDE to Showcase at NDT 2019

The 58th Annual Conference of Non-Destructive Testing (NDT 2019), organised by the British Institute of NDT (BINDT), is taking place from 3-5 September 2019 at the International Centre, Telford, UK.

14 Jun 2019

Polyolefin Additives Returns to Vienna for the 12th Edition

AMI is pleased to release the programme for the 12th edition of the Polyolefin Additives conference, taking place on 12 – 14 November 2019 at the Imperial Riding School Renaissance Hotel, Vienna, Austria

14 Jun 2019

Technology for Processing Wood Powder with Natural Additives

Biomass materials such as wood are environmentally-friendly alternatives to fossil resources. As an example, wood is typically non-toxic and carbon neutral.

14 Jun 2019