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Topics for Conferee Networking Sessions Announced for Pittcon 2013

The Pittcon Organizing Committee has recently announced the topics for Conferee Networking to be held at Pittcon 2013, which will be in Philadelphia, PA, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center from March 17-21, 2013.

From Pittcon 30 Oct 2012

Agilent-Equipped Terahertz Measurement Research Lab Opened at University of Leeds

Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced the opening, at the University of Leeds, of the first Agilent-equipped terahertz measurement laboratory in Europe. The new laboratory will enable research on devices, components, circuits and systems at much higher frequencies than any other institution in the region has been able to do before.

From Agilent Technologies, Inc. 30 Oct 2012

3M Debuts New Proprietary Adhesive Formulation

Natural Rubber Adhesives have long been used for oily metal tape applications; however, 3M is challenging the status quo with a new proprietary adhesive formulation debuting in a portfolio of Scotch® High Strength Filament Tapes.

29 Oct 2012

New Materials Demonstrate High Resistance to Bacterial Adhesion

Bacteria’s ability to cling to virtually any surface is a vexing problem in the medical community.

29 Oct 2012

Superconducting Magnets Used to Observe Proteins, Atom-by-Atom

At the edge of the Muir College parking lot sits a structure shaped like an enormous tan igloo encircled by a chain-link fence. An upright wooden post carved into a face like a totem with a sweet, sleepy expression guards the entrance, offering no hint of what goes on within.

26 Oct 2012

Crackling Behavior of Materials Tracked with Atomic-Scale Precision

"Avalanches" -- the crackling behavior of materials under slowly increasing stress, like crumpling paper or earthquakes -- may have a novel facet previously unknown, say Cornell researchers.

25 Oct 2012

Study Suggests New Mechanism of Failure of High-Energy-Density Dielectric Polymers

For the first time, scientists have observed how droplets within solids deform and burst under high electric voltages.

24 Oct 2012

Dynaflow, Inc. Develop Advanced Cavitation Erosion Test Method for Soft Coatings

Dynaflow, Inc. has developed a new specialized experimental technique to determine the resistance of soft coating materials to cavitation erosion. In accelerated erosion tests of thermoplastics or elastomers, a sampl...

From Dynaflow, Inc. 24 Oct 2012

Electrothermal Vaporization Technology for Material Analysis

Imagine you could flip a switch and abruptly increase the sensitivity of a SPECTRO ICP-OES by an order of magnitude. Suddenly your ICP instrument has advanced into the sensitivity range of a glow discharge sector field mass spectrometer. You can not only forgo use of a tongue twisting name with 40 letters, but also save two thirds of your material analysis instrument costs.

From SPECTRO Analytical Instruments GmbH 18 Oct 2012

New Address For Spectro Inc.

Spectro, Inc., a leader in analytical instrumentation and software for machine condition monitoring, announces a new address for its North American headquarters in the Greater Boston area: One Executive Drive, Suite 101 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, 01824.

From AMETEK Spectro Scientific 17 Oct 2012

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