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Bruker Partners with Greening Testing Laboratories to Provide Benchtop Brake Screening Services

Bruker Nano Surfaces today announced a partnership with Greening Testing Laboratories, Inc. of Detroit to provide convenient and cost-effective benchtop friction test and particle screening capabilities to developers of ...

From Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology 16 Oct 2018

Marketing Manager Appointment to Accelerate UK PureGRAPH™ Sales Drive

Advanced materials company, First Graphene Limited (“FGR” or “the Company”) (ASX: FGR) is pleased to advise the appointment of Chris McMahon as Marketing Manager at the Manchester-based Graphene E...

16 Oct 2018

Research Reveals Phase Transitions of Exotic Material with Polar Shell

A new research reveals that the phase transitions of the exotic material molybdenum ditelluride (MoTe2)—a candidate for future electronics—are more complex than formerly thought.

16 Oct 2018

New Methods Help Boost Context-Aware Computing in Smart Devices

Smart devices can look ineffectual if they do not understand what people around them are doing or where they are. Researchers at the Carnegie Mellon University say this environmental awareness can be optimized by complementary approaches for examining sound and vibrations.

15 Oct 2018

Particle Testing Authority (PTA) Acquires a Freeman Technology FT4 Powder Rheometer for Assisting its Contract Testing Customers with Their Powder Flow and Powder Processing Issues

Particle Testing Authority (PTA), a division Micromeritics Instrument Corporation, today announced it has acquired a Freeman Technology FT4 Powder Rheometer® for assisting its contract testing customers with their po...

From Freeman Technology 15 Oct 2018

FGR to Supply Graphene Materials to The University of Manchester

Highlights FGR and The University of Manchester, acting through Graphene@Manchester have executed a Memorandum of Understanding. Under the Memorandum of Understanding FGR will supply graphene materials to res...

15 Oct 2018

Drug-Integrated Polymer Fibers

Scientists at Empa are designing polymer fibers that can identify the need for drug infusion and calculate an accurate dose without clinical supervision.

12 Oct 2018

Scientists Build Next-Generation Perovskite Solar Cell

Scientists have built a new extremely efficient next-generation perovskite solar cell, paving the way to future commercialization.

12 Oct 2018

Perovskites Can Efficiently Convert Light Energy into Electricity

Researchers have demonstrated that a perovskite nanocrystals designed from iodine, lead, and cesium show carrier multiplication.

12 Oct 2018

Scientists Create Strong, Self-healing Ion Gel

Researchers have created an ion gel possessing exceptional toughness and an ability to self-heal at ambient temperature without any external stimuli.

12 Oct 2018

Lab Innovations 2018 – the home of new laboratory product launches

Lab Innovations, the UK’s only trade show dedicated to the laboratory industry, will again host a range of laboratory introductions during the event at the NEC, Birmingham, on 31st October to 1st November. With over a th...

12 Oct 2018

Saint-Gobain Partners With Stem, Inc. for Widespread Energy Storage Service

Saint-Gobain and Stem, Inc., the global leader in artificial intelligence (AI)-powered energy storage, announces the commencement of Saint-Gobain’s first investments in intelligent energy storage services in the U.S., starting at its Garden Grove, California manufacturing facility.

From Omniseal Solutions 12 Oct 2018

Forsee Power Provides Car Makers with High-Fidelity Battery Systems for eCall Emergency Call Systems

The Forsee Power Group, a French expert in smart battery systems for the electromobility market, is unveiling its battery solution dedicated to eCall, the European automatic emergency call system, at the Paris Motor Show.

From Forsee Power North America 12 Oct 2018

NEO Tech Achieves Milestone - Completes Three Millionth Crestron Product Build

NEO Tech announces that it built its three millionth product for Crestron Electronics Inc. The milestone was achieved earlier this month.

From NEO Tech 12 Oct 2018

A New Path to Solving a Longstanding Fusion Challenge

A class exercise at MIT, aided by industry researchers, has led to an innovative solution to one of the longstanding challenges facing the development of practical fusion power plants: how to get rid of excess heat that would cause structural damage to the plant.

12 Oct 2018