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Cobolt Addresses Raman with Even More Wavelengths: 633 nm & 785 nm

Cobolt AB, a part of HÜBNER Photonics, continues to address the Raman spectroscopy market with the addition of 633 nm and 785 nm STM on the 08-01 Series, with the aim to secure the market position as a major supplier of all laser wavelengths to the high resolution Raman market.

From HÜBNER Photonics 5 Mar 2019

Devices Based on Magnonic Currents Would Transform the Electronic Industry

Electronic devices like transistors are becoming tinier and will shortly strike the boundaries of traditional performance based on electrical currents.

By Matt Pullen 5 Mar 2019

OPIS Adds PetroChem Wire Curves to Benchmark Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) Forward Data

Oil Price Information Service (OPIS) by IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO), an internationally-referenced price reporting agency serving the oil, natural gas and biofuels industries, announces the blending of published spreads between benchmark OPIS NGLs and OPIS PetroChem Wire Olefins and Polymers in the OPIS NGL Forwards Report.

5 Mar 2019

Scientists Discover a New Way to Improve the Energy Density of Supercapacitors Based on 2D Materials

An innovative method—discovered by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the Drexel University and their associates—could enhance the energy density of conductive two-dimensional (2D) ceramics known as MXenes, which are potential energy-storage materials.

By Matt Pullen 5 Mar 2019

Bosch Enhances Popular GB162 Light Commercial Boiler

Bosch Commercial and Industrial has made a series of enhancements to its popular GB162 light commercial gas boiler, for improved installation, servicing and operation.

From Bosch Thermotechnology Ltd 5 Mar 2019

Whizz Systems, Inc. Increases Production with Juki Storage Towers

Whizz Systems, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has improved operational technology and increased production by implementing an automated warehouse system supplied by Juki Automation Systems. The automated warehouse, consisting of eight ISM 2000 Fortresses and an ISM 500 Intelligent Storage System, replaces Whizz’s warehouse consisting of shelving and racks while reducing the amount of space required.

From Whizz Systems Inc. 5 Mar 2019

BitFlow CL Frame Grabbers Demonstrate Cost Savings in Multi-Camera Imaging Solutions

The Camera Link (CL) specification has been a staple of the machine vision industry for several decades and remains one of the simplest, most efficient, and least expensive ways to get large amounts of camera data into a computer.

From BitFlow, Inc. 5 Mar 2019

Murray Percival Company Offers ‘Spring Cleaning Sale’ on Weller Products

Murray Percival Company, the leading supplier to the Midwest's electronics industry, announces its Spring Cleaning Sale on all in-stock Weller systems and parts.

From Murray Percival Company 5 Mar 2019

BioTek Named Fisher Scientific 2018 Supplier of the Year

BioTek Instruments was recently honored with the 2018 Supplier of the Year Award in recognition of its outstanding achievements and contributions as a global Fisher Scientific supplier.

From Agilent Technologies, Inc. 5 Mar 2019

Indium Corporation Expert to Present at EPP InnovationsForum Germany 2019

Indium Corporation expert Andreas Karch, Regional Technical Manager, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, will present at the EPP InnovationsForum Germany conference on March 13 in Böblingen, Germany. Karch’s presentation, Future-Proof Flux Systems in Solder Pastes: The Requirements for Electrical Reliability are Increasing, examines how changing requirements for assembly materials has placed higher demands for electrical reliability on these products, specifically fluxes in the automotive sector.

5 Mar 2019

PDR Releases Re-Ball Mode Software as Part of ThermoActive Software Suite

PDR, a leader in IR rework and test, today announced the release of Re-Ball Mode Software now available as part of its award-winning ThermoActive Suite Software Package.

From PDR Rework 5 Mar 2019

Researchers Demonstrate Monocrystals of Hexagonal Boron Nitride Assemble

Tiny steps can make a huge difference to scientists who are keen to develop large wafers of two-dimensional (2D) material.

By Matt Pullen 5 Mar 2019

New Unipolar N-Type Transistor Has World-Leading Electron Mobility Performance

A unipolar n-type transistor demonstrating a globally leading electron mobility performance of nearly 7.16 cm2 V−1 s−1 has been developed by a research team at Tokyo Tech.

4 Mar 2019

New Way to Produce a Colorless Liquid Reservoir of Metal-Like Discrete Platinum Atoms

Supported single metal atoms have gained wide attention due to their established high efficiency in single metal catalysis. However, the preparation of such catalysts remains difficult since the neutral metal atoms strongly tend to agglomerate to metal particles in characteristic preparations.

4 Mar 2019

Fraunhofer Researchers Develop a Variety of Solutions for Joining Metal Components with Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Plastics

In order to design lightweight vehicles, manufacturers have to integrate highly durable and lightweight carbon fiber-reinforced plastics with functional metal components.

4 Mar 2019