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Sintered Porous Materials for High Performance Chromatography

Porvair is a leading developer and manufacturer of sintered porous materials that offer optimum solutions in a wide range of applications. Developed for the Bioscience market - BioVyon™ is a high-performanc...

From Porvair Sciences Limited 13 Jul 2018

Researchers Use 3D Printer to Shape Terahertz Beams into Desired Shape

Terahertz radiation can be applied for a broad range of applications and is currently used for airport security checks and also for the analysis of materials in the laboratory. This radiation’s wavelength is in the millimeter range, indicating that it is considerably larger than the wavelength of visible light. It also needs specialized methods to manipulate the beams to get them into the correct shape.

12 Jul 2018

Novel Methodology for Measuring Wetting of Surfaces

An understanding of the way surface materials interact with liquids is highly important for various things, such as from printing to the recovery of oil spills from water.

12 Jul 2018

ZEISS introduces machine learning capability for microscopy

ZEISS recently announced ZEISS ZEN Intellesis, a new machine learning capability that enables researchers to perform advanced analysis of their imaging samples across multiple microscopy methods. The first algorithmic so...

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 12 Jul 2018

Cutting Edge Small Molecule XRD System Installed at the University of Melbourne

Crystallographers at the University of Melbourne received a boost following the installation of a state-of-the-art small molecule X-ray diffraction (XRD) machine. The XtaLAB Synergy-S from Rigaku Oxford Diffraction (ROD)...

From AXT Pty Ltd 12 Jul 2018

Latest Abatement System Installation Marks a Milestone of Success for Edwards

Edwards Vacuum, a leading manufacturer of vacuum and abatement solutions, announces a milestone of 10,000 Edwards inward fired combustion abatement systems installed worldwide. Edwards calculates that its abatement syste...

From Edwards Vacuum Ltd 11 Jul 2018

Custom High Pressure Parallel Reactors

Proven in numerous installations worldwide, the Asynt High Pressure Parallel Reactor can be custom configured to optimally suit applications including homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, hydrogenation, carbonylation...

From Asynt 11 Jul 2018

Pittcon Announces Call for Papers for 2019 Technical Program

The Pittcon Program Committee is pleased to announce its call for oral and poster presentations for its 2019 Technical Program in Philadelphia. The program will run from March 17-21 as part of Pittcon, the world’s ...

From Pittcon 11 Jul 2018

Pittcon Distributed $1 Million Toward Mission From 2018 Conference and Expo Proceeds

Year after year, Pittcon distributes approximately $1 million towards its mission to sponsor and sustain educational and charitable activities for the advancement and benefit of scientific endeavor. Proceeds from Pittco...

From Pittcon 10 Jul 2018

TRELLEBORG TO DISPLAY THERMOPLASTIC PROCESSING CAPABILITIES TO SHAKE UP NEXT GENERATION AIRCRAFT

Long established as the leading provider of sealing solutions for the aerospace industry, Trelleborg Sealing Solutions is set to unveil its latest offerings at the Farnborough International Airshow in July. These will in...

10 Jul 2018

Mycelium and Sawdust-Based Biodegradable Material Could Replace Plastics

A technique for developing a biodegradable material from mycelium and sawdust has been discovered by a group of environmental engineering and architecture students from EPFL.

10 Jul 2018

TA Instruments names Dr. Rossana Pasquino as a “Distinguished Young Rheologist”

TA Instruments is pleased to announce the latest recipient of the Distinguished Young Rheologist award: Dr. Rossana Pasquino, Associate Professor at the University of Naples Fredrico II.

From TA Instruments 10 Jul 2018

Super Catalyst for Making Fuels and Plastics Without Crude Oil

Researchers from the Ghent University have used computer simulations to discover a new material that efficiently changes methanol into building blocks for plastics and fuels.

10 Jul 2018

Titan Enterprises Expands Offerings with RS Components

Titan Enterprises announces further integration of its flowmeter products within the Flow Sensors, Switches and Indicators section of the RS Components international product catalogue (https://bit.ly/2KJpn8V). Th...

From Titan Enterprises Ltd. 10 Jul 2018

Chinese Researchers Effectively Metallize Nitrogen at Extreme Conditions

A team of Chinese researchers reported that it had achieved success in nitrogen metallization at extreme conditions. This breakthrough result has been reported in Nature Communications on July 6.

9 Jul 2018