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Leica Microsystems Launches Wi-Fi Capability for Educational Microscopy in Universities and Colleges

Leica Microsystems launches two Wi-Fi-capable microscopy instruments for the science classroom in biology, anatomy, chemistry, geology, and material sciences: the Leica EZ4 W educational stereo microscope with built-in wireless camera, and the Leica ICC50 W digital camera, which can be added to educational compound microscopes.

From Leica Microsystems GmbH 21 Apr 2015

New Method for Discovering Superconductors with High Superconducting Critical Temperature

Professor Kosmas Prassides of Tohoku University, has led an international team of researchers who have discovered a new state of matter called as the Jahn-Teller metal. In this state, localized electrons on the fullerene molecules demonstrate co-existence with metallicity.

20 Apr 2015

New ICP-MS is Received with Great Interest at Analytica Expo in Moscow

Analytik Jena’s PlasmaQuant ® MS was presented to the public at the Analytica Expo in Moscow during a workshop held at the Analytik Jena booth. Used for element trace analysis, the system is suitable for a wide range of routine applications in environmental analysis, food safety, mining, chemistry, and petrochemistry.

From Analytik Jena US 20 Apr 2015

New Discovery About Rare Element Californium

Thomas Albrecht-Schmitt, a Professor of Chemistry at Florida State University, has discovered that californium is a transitional element that enables the linking of one part of the Periodic Table of Elements to the next.

17 Apr 2015

Dragon Spacecraft Begins Mission to Resupply the International Space Station

On Tuesday, April 14, 2015, SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft lifted from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station based in Florida, beginning SpaceX’s sixth cargo delivery to resupply cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) via NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services contract. The launch took place at 4:10 pm EDT. Among the two tons of cargo were science payloads that will help robotic explorers and NASA astronauts to prepare for future missions to Mars.

17 Apr 2015

HiPoSwitch Project Develops High-Efficiency, Lightning-Fast Gallium Nitride Power Switches

The European HiPoSwitch project has developed novel nitride (GaN) transistors for high efficiency, high speed gallium nitride power switches.

17 Apr 2015

Graphene-Based Photodetector Rapidly Converts Light into Electricity

Researchers at the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) have shown that a graphene-based photodetector can convert light into electrical signals within 50 femtoseconds.

16 Apr 2015

New Technique Helps Create Homogenous Cylindrical Objects Totally Invisible in Microwave Range

A team of physicists from ITMO University, Australian National University and Ioffe Institute have successfully created homogenous cylindrical objects which are totally invisible in the microwave range.

15 Apr 2015

Researchers Make Breakthrough in Synthetic Pathway for Biosynthesis of Renewable Propane

Scientists from the University of Manchester’s Institute of Biotechnology (MIB) along with colleagues at University of Turku and Imperial College London have developed synthetic pathways that will assist in renewable biosynthesis of propane. Their findings form a part of a larger research work focused on developing next-generation biofuels, and will provide valuable insight into its development.

14 Apr 2015

Dramatic Changes in Electronic Properties of Nano-Sized Gold Chunks Take Place in Specific Size Range

Researchers from the University of Jyväskylä’s Nanoscience Center in Finland have demonstrated that small gold nanoclusters could be utilized for short-term storage of electric charge or energy, in molecular electronics applications.

14 Apr 2015

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Materials Science News

Leica Microsystems Launches Wi-Fi Capability for Educational Microscopy in Universities and Colleges

New Method for Discovering Superconductors with High Superconducting Critical Temperature

New ICP-MS is Received with Great Interest at Analytica Expo in Moscow

New Discovery About Rare Element Californium

Dragon Spacecraft Begins Mission to Resupply the International Space Station

HiPoSwitch Project Develops High-Efficiency, Lightning-Fast Gallium Nitride Power Switches

Graphene-Based Photodetector Rapidly Converts Light into Electricity

New Technique Helps Create Homogenous Cylindrical Objects Totally Invisible in Microwave Range

Researchers Make Breakthrough in Synthetic Pathway for Biosynthesis of Renewable Propane

Dramatic Changes in Electronic Properties of Nano-Sized Gold Chunks Take Place in Specific Size Range

Enhancing Semiconductor Manufacturing with Advanced Water Analytics

Driving the Next Chapter of Thin-Film Deposition

Recycling Plastic Waste Through Extrusion: A Closer Look at Mechanical Processing of Marine Plastics

The stRAMos Photothermal Stimulated Raman System

FUSION PTR-TOF 20 for Enhanced VOC Analysis

How TIDAS Automates Hegman Gauge Readings for Greater Accuracy and Repeatability

Editorial Highlights

Material Trends in Space: What Rockets are Made of (and More)

Plant-Based Catalysts for More Sustainable Reactions

What are Metamaterials?

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