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New Fuses for Electric Cars Offer High Performance in Harsh Environments
Mouser Electronics, Inc. is now stocking the Nano2 885 Series AECQ-compliant fuses from Littelfuse.
A Guide to Spectroscopy for Used Oil Analysis
Oil-wetted equipment will generate wear particles throughout its lifetime; the nature and rate of the wear varies from initial break-in through to end-of-life seizure. The technique employed to detect wear and its severity is spectroscopy.
Molecular Signatures Turned Into Bar Codes
Scientists have developed a new method for detecting and analyzing organic compounds that solves some of the challenges of the benchmark technique of infrared spectroscopy.
Synthetic Biotechnology Tools Used to Create a Biodegradable Insecticide
A research team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has developed a biodegradable agent that keeps pests away without poisoning them or harming the environment.
Researchers Develop Environmentally Friendly Hair Dye
Much of the hair dye currently on the market today is thought to be harmful to both humans and the environment alike. Now, researchers from the University of Leeds have developed a potentially environmentally friendly alternative hair dye.
Researchers Create New Adhesive Using Wood Scraps from Paper Production Plants
Engineers from the University of Delaware have developed a material to produce adhesives while lowering waste going into landfills.
Online Program Proves More Effective than Traditional Treatment Methods for Addiction
Researchers from Yale University have determined that people who abuse alcohol and drugs have a better chance at completing alcohol and drug treatment if they are assisted by an online program that teaches users how to better control their behavior — even more than traditional therapy.
Biosensors Advance with a New Way to Inject Light into Microdisk Resonators
The new capability should reduce the cost of developing and manufacturing microdisks, and make them practical for clinical applications.
Fused Silica Optical Windows from Advanced Optics
Fused silica is an excellent material for achieving a high degree of purity and superior environmental durability. Its excellent transmission bandwidth, spanning UV to the NIR makes it appropriate for most applications. Advanced Optics offers custom manufactured fused silica optical windows in a variety of shapes, dimensions and finishes.
3D-printing System Can Print More Than One Material at a Time
The new technology is a one-step process that can print new structures that are made of two different materials.
The Quantum Promise of 'Time Crystals'
A study offers new evidence of the physical viability of time crystals, which is promising for the future of quantum information processing devices.
Nanoparticles Deliver Cancer-fighting Drugs Directly to the Tumor
The nanoparticles were specifically developed to fight glioblastoma multiforme one of the most difficult forms of cancer to treat.
Computational Modeling for Treating Alzheimer's Disease
A new computational tool could help create an optimized, personalized approach to treating Alzheimer’s disease.
Video: Organ-on-Chip Platform Mimics Human Physiology
Imec has introduced a new multi-electrode array chip with a microfluidic well plate.
Snakes Help Engineers Better Understand Friction
Through evolution, snakes have adapted to move efficiently and survive in their various habitats immediately. “These environments can be brutal on even our most advanced machinery, so applying what we know about snake texturing could help our technology adapt as well,” reasoned Hisham Abel-Aal, an associate teaching professor from Drexel University’s College of Engineering.
NIST Roadmap for Reducing Fire Hazards from Materials
The roadmap provides guidelines for developing science-based approaches to solving numerous fire problems for multiple materials and prioritizes the most urgent fire hazards to which they can be applied.
fNIRS System Can Read Pilot’s Minds in an Emergency Situation and Understand Cognitive Overload
A system that can read a person’s mind in real-time and measure the pilot’s brain activity with near-infrared spectroscopy.
Giving Employees 'Decoy' Sanitizer Could Improve Hygiene
Recent findings in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, revealed that employees in a food factory used more of their regular sanitizer and had cleaner hands and workspaces after a "decoy" sanitizer option was offered to them.
Wonder Material Controls Heart Cell Activity
Researchers tapped the ability of a much-discussed material to convert light into electricity to develop a heart-cell control technique with far-reaching medical potential.
3D Printed Smart Gel Can Move on Its Own to Create Artificial Hearts
A new 3D printed smart gel has been developed that can walk underwater and grab and move objects. This is a huge development in soft robotics for healthcare.