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Empa Researcher Modifies Wood Properties Using Laccase Enzyme

Researcher Mark Schubert uses the enzyme laccase to alter wood properties. Rather than using costly & time-consuming experiments, he uses AI.

27 Jul 2018

Researchers Develop Material Similar to Plastic Packaging from Crab Shells and Cellulose

Consumer products are boosting their sustainable & renewable origins. A new material has been developed from crab shells & cellulose.

27 Jul 2018

New Research Could Lead to Smarter Design of Ships Sailing in Ice-Laden Seas

Objects entering water is a common phenomenon, but a complete understanding of the physics of water entry continues to be mysterious.

27 Jul 2018

Researchers Create Elastomeric Composites that Move in Response to Light

Scientists at Tufts University School of Engineering have created magnetic elastomeric composites that move in various ways when exposed to light, raising the probability that these materials could enable a broad range of products that perform simple-to-complex movements, from miniature engines and valves to solar arrays that tilt toward the sunlight.

27 Jul 2018

Metrohm Releases OMNIS KF – Its New Generation of Karl Fischer Titrators

Metrohm is proud to announce the extension of its OMNIS titrator platform to include a fully integrated solution for moisture analysis and water content determination with volumetric Karl Fischer titration. The OM...

From Metrohm USA Inc. 26 Jul 2018

The Natural History Museum uses Linkam temperature- controlled microscopy to study inclusions in mineral deposits.

Market leaders in temperature-controlled microscopy and leaders in sample characterization solutions, Linkam Scientific Instruments, reports on the research of Dr Jamie Wilkinson of the Natural History Museum in London w...

From Linkam Scientific Instruments 26 Jul 2018

Picosun’s ALD solutions make quality watches tick

Picosun Group, a leading supplier of advanced Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) thin film coating solutions, solidifies its position in the watchmaking market with repeat production system sales to prominent, high-class time...

From Picosun Oy 26 Jul 2018

AW-Lake Company and KEM Introduce New Flow Transmitter with Digital Signal Processing and Restructured TRICOR Coriolis Product Portfolio

Sister companies AW-LAKE COMPANY and KEM Küppers Elektromechanik GmbH (KEM) announce the expansion of their TRICOR line of Coriolis Mass Flow Meters that now includes both standard and advanced flow meters and the additi...

26 Jul 2018

Metcal Launches Complete Set of Hand-pieces for Connection Validation™ Rework Systems

Metcal today announced the release of seven new hand-pieces to complement the Connection Validation™ (CV) soldering system. These ergonomic hand-pieces transform the CV system into a complete soldering solution for...

25 Jul 2018

Andor Launches Sona for Fluorescence Microscopy – The World’s Most Sensitive Back-illuminated sCMOS Camera Platform

Andor Technology (Andor), an Oxford Instruments company and world leader in scientific imaging and spectroscopy solutions, today announced the launch of the new ultrasensitive Sona back-illuminated camera platform for fl...

From Andor Technology Ltd. 25 Jul 2018

Machine Learning Algorithms Helping Time-Poor Tradies Get on Top of Data Entry

Australia’s army of time-poor tradies and technicians need no longer be concerned about investing time in day-to-day data entry, thanks to global job management software group simPRO and a next generation data inte...

25 Jul 2018

ST100 Series Thermal Mass Flow Meter Measures CO2 Gas in Enhanced Oil Recovery Operations

Petroleum engineers responsible for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) operations will find the ST100 Series Thermal Flow Meter from Fluid Components International (FCI) provides precision CO2 gas mass flow measurement in a hig...

From Fluid Components International (FCI) 25 Jul 2018

Metrohm Releases OMNIS KF – Its New Generation of Karl Fischer Titrators

From Metrohm USA Inc. 24 Jul 2018

First rare earth-free MnAlC permanent magnet filaments

Scheme of the synthesis of composites made of gas-atomized MnAl-based particles together with images of the powder and composite morphology. The magnetic response of the composites and filaments shows no deteriorat...

24 Jul 2018

Perstorp to debottleneck its Capa™ caprolactone derivatives plants at Warrington, UK

Perstorp recently reported that they have made significant progress in ‘future-proofing’ its Capa™ caprolactone monomer plant in Warrington, United Kingdom. The monomer plant will be made more robust to...

From Perstorp Holding AB 24 Jul 2018