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Curiosity Mars Rover’s SAM Instrument Provides Key New Measurement of Inert Gas Argon

Examination of the Martian atmosphere by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover confirms that some meteorites that have dropped to Earth really are from the Red Planet.

19 Oct 2013

Novel Sensor-Based Measurement System for Monitoring Particles Caught up in Cleansing Fluids

There are exceedingly strict cleanliness guidelines for components in sectors such as the automobile industry. And yet monitoring of the process for parts purification has been inadequate to date. Fraunhofer researchers have developed a sensor-based measurement system that is integrated directly in the cleaning system, where it registers and analyzes particles caught up in the cleansing fluid. The researchers are presenting their now-marketable innovation at this year’s parts2clean.

18 Oct 2013

Researchers Study Effective Velocity of Sound in Liquid Foams

Liquid foams fascinate toddlers singing in a bubble bath. Physicists, too, have an interest in their acoustical properties. Borrowing from both porous material and foam science, Juliette Pierre from the Paris Diderot University, Paris, France and her colleagues studied liquid foams. They used an impedance tube to measure the velocity and attenuation of acoustic waves in liquid foams in a broad frequency range.

From Springer - Science and Technology Publishers 18 Oct 2013

C&EN Explores Real Risks and False Alarms About Chemicals

Concern over the safety of everyday household products, such as baby bottles and soaps, has spurred a wide-ranging research effort into predicting the health risks of tens of thousands of chemicals. That’s the topic of the cover story in Chemical & Engineering News, the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society.

18 Oct 2013

Researchers Extract DNA from Cultured Pearls in an Almost Non-Destructive Way

For a long time, it was thought impossible to isolate a pearl's genetic material. Now, a Swiss research team has achieved this elusive goal. Scientists Joana Meyer, from the ETH Institute of Integrative Biology group headed by Prof. Bruce McDonald, and Laurent Cartier of the Swiss Gemmological Institute (SSEF), under the direction of Michael Krzemnicki, succeeded for the first time in extracting trace amounts of DNA from a variety of cultured pearls in an almost non-destructive way.

18 Oct 2013

Discuss Magnetometers and Magnetic Measurement Instrumentation with Lake Shore Cryotronics at MMM Conference 2013

Lake Shore Cryotronics will share its magnetometer systems, cryogenic magnetic field-based probe stations, and magnetic sensors and instruments at the 58th Annual Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM) Conference, Nov. 4...

From Lake Shore Cryotronics Inc. 18 Oct 2013

FM 4950 Approval for Welding Curtains, Welding Blankets, and Welding Pad Materials Received By Mid-Mountain Materials

Mid-Mountain Materials, Inc./- Mid-Mountain Materials, Inc. has received ANSI/FM 4950 Approval on nine high-temperature resistant materials used in thermal insulation and welding applications. The FM Approval certi...

From Mid-Mountain Materials, Inc. 17 Oct 2013

German Manufacturer Uses Stratasys 3D Printed Injection Molds To Produce Parts

Stratasys Ltd. (NASDAQ: SSYS), a manufacturer of 3D printers and materials for personal use, prototyping and production, today announced that Robert Seuffer, GmbH & Co. KG (Seuffer), a German supplier of parts for household appliances and commercial vehicles, has incorporated Stratasys 3D printing in its manufacturing process to significantly reduce the time and cost of producing injection molded sample parts.

From Stratasys Ltd. 17 Oct 2013

New VISCOBASE® Video From Evonik Oil Additives

Evonik Oil Additives has showcased its innovative VISCOBASE® synthetic base fluids in a new video titled, “Breakthrough Blend,” focusing on their utility as a cost-effective alternative to PAO.

From Evonik Industries AG 17 Oct 2013

New NETZSCH DSC 214 Polyma Launched

Reproducible, fast results and an easy to use measuring instrument are of highest priority in the area of quality control of polymers. These topics were therefore the primary focus in the development of the new NETZSCH DSC 214 Polyma.

From NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH 17 Oct 2013

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