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4D Technology Introduces 4Di InSpec™ SR System for Shop-Floor Surface Roughness

Onto Innovation’s Tucson-based subsidiary 4D Technology announced today the launch of the 4Di InSpec™ SR roughness measurement system - a novel, portable, vibration-immune optical system for high-precision 3D surface roughness measurement at the point of use.

From Onto Innovation 4 Jun 2026

Ambrell to Host Free Induction Heating Webinars

Ambrell, an inTEST Company and a leading manufacturer of induction heating solutions, will offer three complimentary PRO Skills Webinars in June and July.

From Ambrell Induction Heating Solutions 3 Jun 2026

Endress+Hauser Breaks Ground on Expansion of Its Level+Pressure Production Center in Greenwood, IN

Endress+Hauser celebrated the groundbreaking of a major expansion of its Level+Pressure production center on the company’s Greenwood campus, marking the next phase of investment in US manufacturing capacity and long-term growth.

From Endress+Hauser 3 Jun 2026

Lead-Free Perovskites Push Solar Cells Toward Safer High-Efficiency Designs

Lead-free perovskite solar cells are emerging as lower-toxicity alternatives to lead-based devices, but they still face major barriers in efficiency, stability, defect control, and scalable fabrication. This review shows how compositional engineering, crystallization control, passivation, and device architecture have enabled tin-based cells to reach 17.13% efficiency, while highlighting the durability trade-offs that still limit commercialization.

1 Jun 2026

Introducing Solira: Our New Microscope for Time-Resolved Photoluminescence and Advanced Materials Research

PicoQuant, a world leading company in photoluminescence instrumentation, announces the launch of Solira, a new microscope for time-resolved photoluminescence (TRPL) measurements and advanced materials characterization.

From PicoQuant 30 May 2026

Combining AI and Automation to Revolutionize Industrial Catalyst Engineering

Catalysts help make modern life possible. They quietly drive the chemical reactions that produce fuels, fertilizers, plastics and many other industrial products. But developing a new commercial catalyst can take as long as two decades.

29 May 2026

New ‘Super Hydrogel’ Pulls Drinking Water From Thin Air for Months at a Time

Researchers have developed a more durable moisture-harvesting hydrogel that resists metal-triggered degradation, allowing it to continuously pull drinkable water from the air for months.

22 May 2026

Grounded Metamaterials Keep Their Shape-Shifting Mechanics Stable

Grounded reconfigurable metamaterials preserved nearly identical displacement fields across rectangular, parallelogram, and random geometries, overcoming a key shape-performance trade-off in mechanical metamaterials. By combining transformation elasticity, grounded body torques, and Willis springs, the system enabled programmable deformation modes, including asymmetric tension without bending and tension-induced buckling.

20 May 2026

Scientists Use Powerful X-Rays to Visualize Hidden Dynamics Inside Opaque Fluids

Using powerful X-rays and computer models, researchers at Argonne and the University of Chicago linked nanoscale particle motion to surprising flow behaviors in soft materials.

14 May 2026

Isotopically Labelled Material – Depth Profiling to Determine Ion Exchange and Fundamental Materials Research

Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry is a surface analysis technique known for high sensitivity and excellent depth resolution in the analysis of solid materials.

From Hiden Analytical 12 May 2026

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