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Emerson and CoreTigo Improve Sustainability and Save Costs With Wireless Air Treatment Solution

Global technology leader Emerson creates sustainable solutions for their customers with CoreTigo's wireless industrial automation technologies.

From CoreTigo 28 Mar 2024

Airframe Designs Helps to Lead Additive Manufacturing Industry Body

Aerospace specialist Airframe Designs has joined a national industry body to help lead the development of additive manufacturing and 3D printing in the UK.

From Airframe Designs 28 Mar 2024

Powering Wearables with Flexible, Waterproof Solar Cells

Scientists from the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science, in collaboration with partners, have engineered an organic photovoltaic film possessing waterproof and flexible properties.

27 Mar 2024

Perovskites and Silicon - A Powerful Duo for Next-Gen Solar Cells

In 2009, the initial demonstration of Perovskite-based solar cells showcased the exceptional light-absorption capabilities of compounds like methylammonium lead bromide and methylammonium lead iodide, commonly known as lead halide perovskites or simply perovskites.

27 Mar 2024

Edinburgh Instruments Product Launch Press Release: QYPro

Edinburgh Instruments, a leading UK manufacturer of state-of-the-art spectroscopic instrumentation, today announced the launch of its new QYPro Integrating Sphere, designed to enhance the quantum yield capabilities of the FLS1000 Spectrometer.

From Edinburgh Instruments 27 Mar 2024

Edinburgh Instruments Product Launch Press Release: QYPro

From Edinburgh Instruments 27 Mar 2024

NY CREATES’ Albany NanoTech Complex Earns TÜV SÜD AMERICA INC. ISO 9001:2015 Recertification

The New York Center for Research, Economic Advancement, Technology, Engineering, and Science (NY CREATES) announced today that its leading-edge semiconductor-focused research and development efforts taking place at its world-class Albany NanoTech Complex have successfully received ISO 9001:2015 recertification from TÜV SÜD AMERICA INC.

27 Mar 2024

PA-DAD: An Eco-Friendly Flame Retardant for Composites

Epoxy resin (EP), widely used in applications such as adhesives, coatings, and composites, is challenged by its inherent flammability and dense smoke production, which pose threats to safety and property.

26 Mar 2024

Scalable, Fully-Coupled Annealing Processor for Accelerated Problem-Solving

Finding the optimum answer from a limited number of options is the goal of combinatorial optimization issues, which are the focus of annealing processor design.

26 Mar 2024

Researchers Create Efficient Conversion Surfaces for Future Space Instruments

Southwest Research Institute is investing internal funds to create more effective conversion surfaces that will enable future spacecraft equipment to collect and analyze low-energy particles.

26 Mar 2024

Hydrophobicity Gradient Design for Enhanced Mass Transfer in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells

Fuel Cell Vehicles (FCVs) are typically powered by polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) which convert the chemical energy of hydrogen and oxygen into electricity and produce water in the cathode.

26 Mar 2024

Bio-Based Thermoplastic Polyurethane Introduces Biodegradable Microplastics

Microplastics are small, practically indestructible fragments shed by ordinary plastic items. The news becomes worse as more information regarding microplastics becomes available. Microplastics are known to exist in soil, seas, and even the most unlikely places—the arteries, lungs, and placenta.

25 Mar 2024

Mechanical-Electrical Coupling-Based Dynamically Stable Self-Healable Wire

Highly conductive and flexible wires are essential for the application and integration of wearable technology. However, these wires are susceptible to structural damage from the regular stress and deformation that comes with practical use, which might result in the collapse of the module as a whole

25 Mar 2024

Advancing Hydrogen Production With 3D Nickel Nanostructures

The water electrolysis process, a system for generating hydrogen through water electrolysis, stands as an eco-friendly technology for producing hydrogen fuel, a promising future energy source, devoid of environmental pollutants. However, its drawbacks include low hydrogen production efficiency and high production costs.

25 Mar 2024

Novel Approach to Creating Chemical Energy from Waste Heat

Energy consumption has grown explosively in tandem with human society’s fast progress. Currently, though, less than 40% of primary energy is being used efficiently; the remaining portion is discarded as waste heat, which causes significant energy waste and exacerbates environmental problems.

25 Mar 2024