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Wastewater Analysis in Treatment Plants – Critical Parameters and How to Measure Them

Operators of wastewater treatment plants depend on reliable methods to monitor plant performance.

From Metrohm USA Inc. 14 Dec 2018

Car Manufacturer Selects Contour Filter for Paint Production

Amazon Filters has received a further order from a leading car manufacturer to deliver an optimised filtration system to ensure the quality of the electrophoretic paint stages on their production paint line. With ...

From Amazon Filters Ltd. 14 Dec 2018

Motorized Miniature Translation Stage is Affordable and Precise, Newly Released by PI

The L-408 linear stage strikes a good balance of load capacity, precision, and low cost. It has applications in research and industry including optics, bio-tech, and assembly of miniature components and photonics instrum...

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 13 Dec 2018

New Cellulose Biosensor Material Could Redefine Tissue Engineering

In association with Irish colleagues, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University successfully developed a novel imaging technique for tissue engineering.

13 Dec 2018

Researchers Develop the Stiffest Porous Lightweight Materials Ever

With 3D printing and other additive production methods, it is possible to create materials with internal structures of formerly inconceivable complexity.

13 Dec 2018

Science, cheese and mountains, in Switzerland the winners of the Metrohm Young Chemist Award Announced

The competition for the Metrohm Young Chemist Award came to a close lately with the three winners visiting Metrohm International Headquarters in Switzerland. From there, Sophia Oukala (France), Antonella Giarra (Italy), ...

From Metrohm USA Inc. 13 Dec 2018

Novel Method of Using Carbonylation to Obtain Polyester from Castor Oil

One of the significant tasks in modern materials science and an important challenge to be addressed for sustainable industrial production to have a future is the development of future technologies that are not based on mineral oil and can be used for synthesizing plastics and chemicals.

13 Dec 2018

Researchers Use 3D Printing to Design Inexpensive Adaptive Aids for Arthritis Patients

Adaptive aids are too costly. Additive manufacturing, using inexpensive 3D printers, can save more than 94% for simple household items.

12 Dec 2018

Andor Zyla sCMOS Astronomy cameras capture lunar impacts

Impacts from Near-Earth Objects (NEOs), such as meteoroids, asteroids, or comets, can be a threat to Earth, artificial satellites, and spacecraft. It is therefore important to determine their size and assess how numerous...

From Andor Technology Ltd. 12 Dec 2018

Novel Approach to Making Perovskite Solar Cells Leads to Cost Reduction and High Efficiency

A team of chemists from Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania along with physicists from Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin (HZB) science institute, Germany are proposing a unique approach for the selective layer formation in perovskite solar cells.

12 Dec 2018

High Energy Density Flouride-Ion Battery Works at Room Temperature

Batteries that outpace the present-day lithium-ion range with regard to how much energy they can pack into a small lightweight platform, could prod electric vehicle usage into high gear.

11 Dec 2018

New 3D-Printed Workflow Enhances Valve Sizing Accuracy for Aortic Valve Replacement Procedures

Over one in eight people aged 75 and older in the US develop moderate-to-severe blockage of the aortic valve in their hearts, commonly caused by calcified deposits that accumulate on the valve’s leaflets and hinder them from fully opening and closing.

11 Dec 2018

China’s First TIMA-X Installed at Peking University – Geology Department

TESCAN is proud to announce that they have installed the first TIMA-X automated mineralogy system in China. The system was installed at the Geology Department at Peking University (PKU), Beijing. PKU is ranked numb...

From Tescan Group 11 Dec 2018

Proteins for Making Tough Rubber

Inspired by nature, Chinese scientists have produced a synthetic analogue to vulcanized natural rubber. Their material is just as tough and durable as the original. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, they reveal the secre...

11 Dec 2018

Entry Level Academic Reactor Flask Heating System

Asynt announces the DrySyn UNO Base - a versatile entry-level reactor flask heating system with heat resistant handle making it the perfect way to conduct safe experiments in academic teaching and research labs. D...

From Asynt 11 Dec 2018