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System Provides Cooling with No Electricity

Imagine a device that can sit outside under blazing sunlight on a clear day, and without using any power cool things down by more than 23 degrees Fahrenheit (13 degrees Celsius). It almost sounds like magic, but a new system designed by researchers at MIT and in Chile can do exactly that.

6 Nov 2019

New Experimental Evidence Shows Why Crystalline Materials Shrink on Heating

At the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, researchers have come up with the latest experimental proof as well as a predictive theory that explains an age-old materials science mystery—that is, why specific crystalline materials shrink upon heating.

4 Nov 2019

Luminance Measuring Device Ensures Emergency Lighting Compliance

BSI, the business improvement company, has invested in a GL OPTICAM 1.0 luminance measuring camera, from Analytik to verify emergency lighting product compliance with the standard ISO 3864-2:2016 Graphical Symbols – Safety Colours and Safety Signs Part 4: Colorimetric and Photometric Properties of Safety Sign Materials.

From Analytik Ltd 7 Oct 2019

Malvern Panalytical Partners with University of Bristol to Advance Data Analytics in Materials Science

A formal partnership has been agreed between the University of Bristol and analytical instrumentation provider Malvern Panalytical.

From Malvern Panalytical 24 Sep 2019

Flamingo Light Sheet Microscopes with PI Precision Motion Systems

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 20 Sep 2019

LG Technology Ventures & Mitsui Kinzoku-SBI Material Innovation Fund Join Forge Nano Inc. Series A

Mitsui Kinzoku-SBI Material Innovation Fund and LG Technology Ventures join in Forge Nano’s Series A, bringing the total investment to date to $18M, up from Volkswagen’s initial $10Minvestment announced in January 2019.

From Forge Nano 16 Sep 2019

Complete and Fast 3D Measurement Solution, New S neox Five Axis

Sensofar Metrology is proud to announce the release of a New S neox Five Axis.

From Sensofar Metrology 16 Sep 2019

Data Analytics and Experimental Microscopy Reveal New Class of High-Entropy Alloys

A new technique to discover materials using electron microscopy and data analytics has exposed a new group of very hard alloys.

6 Sep 2019

A Unique Combination of Plasma FIB and Field-Free UHR FE-SEM for the Widest Range of Materials Characterization Applications

As the first SEM manufacturer to commercialize integrated xenon plasma FIB with the SEM, TESCAN proudly announces TESCAN AMBER X. TESCAN AMBER X is a new FIB-SEM solution that combines high throughput plasma-assisted ion milling with improved ultra-high resolution (UHR) field-free SEM optics, a combination ideally suited for materials characterization over a significantly wider sample range.

From Tescan 3 Sep 2019

First Report of Superconductivity in a Nickel Oxide Material

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have made the first nickel oxide material that shows clear signs of superconductivity – the ability to transmit electrical current with no loss.

30 Aug 2019

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