Heather Hall

Labs are one of the most resource-intensive spaces in any industry. Wherever possible scientists should aim to conserve resources, save energy and reduce emissions, thus, it comes as no surprise that there is a great opportunity to reduce the environmental impact of labs through smarter purchases. Miele and SelectScience are offering a webinar on Friday,…

by University of Bristol Would planes be better if they were more like birds? Engineers from the University of Bristol and the Royal Veterinary College have been studying our feathered friends to answer this very question, the answer to which will be revealed at the Royal Society Summer Science 2021. The team from the University’s…

Atlas, maker of weathering testing technology, has announced the expansion of its German commercial weathering testing laboratory to provide faster solar simulation testing. International customers now have the ability to significantly expedite research, development and quality control of materials and products for automotive, electronics, aerospace and military applications – even on short notice. Part of…

by National University of Singapore Quantum key distribution (QKD) is a method for secure communication that uses quantum mechanics to encrypt information. While the security of QKD is unbreakable in principle, if it is incorrectly implemented, vital information could still be stolen by attackers. These are known as side-channel attacks, where the attackers exploit weaknesses…

By Mollie Rappe, Sandia National Laboraties The Department of Energy recently awarded $14 million to form a Sandia National Laboratories-led center to improve the understanding of perovskite-based photovoltaic technologies and determine the best tests to evaluate the new solar panels’ lifetimes. The efficiency of perovskite-based solar cells has reached 25%, approaching the levels of common…

SRI International (SRI) has entered a research collaboration with Sanofi, leveraging SRI’s SynFini artificial intelligence (AI)-guided, automated synthetic-chemistry system platform. The collaboration will discover and develop lead candidates in multiple high-profile drug-discovery programs at Sanofi. SRI’s SynFini platform combines AI and automation to accelerate small molecule drug discovery and development, and thereby bring new drugs…

Thermo Fisher Scientific and the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) West Coast Metabolomics Center announce The Center of Excellence in Clinical Metabolomics, a research collaboration to provide the metabolomics community with innovations, best practices and standard operating procedures to support the rapid scale-up of large cohort studies and clinical research. Metabolomics is an increasingly…

Today’s personal computer (PC) is far more powerful than its predecessor from previous generations and, unlike PCs of the past, can handle numerous operations at once, but it is no match for a supercomputer. The supercomputer is like asking 100 million PCs to work on a complex problem. Supercomputers have many processors that split problems…

By Stephanie G Seay, ORNL Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers demonstrated their wireless charging technology on an autonomous electric vehicle for the first time in a project with Local Motors. The charging system developed at ORNL was installed on Local Motors’ autonomous shuttle, the Olli. The architecture includes both wireless and wired charging, so the…

Roquette, a provider of naturally derived pharmaceutical excipients, announces the opening of its new pharma online marketplace, powered by Knowde. The e-commerce platform will provide users with access to Roquette’s trusted and reliable flagship pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical offerings at smaller quantities for the first time. Established as part of an initiative to better support manufacturers…

By Anne Trafton | MIT News Office Synthetic biology offers a way to engineer cells to perform novel functions, such as glowing with fluorescent light when they detect a certain chemical. Usually, this is done by altering cells so they express genes that can be triggered by a certain input. However, there is often a…

By Lynne Roeder, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory For most people considering any large purchase, cost is a major consideration. But cost is balanced by value. What do they get out of the investment over the long haul? Is it worth it? The same holds true for major investments in our energy system. And energy storage…

Provider of temperature-controlled microscopy, Linkam, is hosting two workshops and a technical showcase at the Microscience Microscopy Conference (MMC) 2021, as well as participating as an exhibitor in the virtual event. The first workshop, taking place on Tuesday, July 6, at 10 a.m. BST will be hosted by Linkam Senior Scientist Dr. Michael Schwertner, in…

Optima announces its new Laboratory Resource Management System – LRMS version 2021.1., a major milestone incorporating a sophisticated engine that automates the complex scheduling process of laboratory resources. Optima’s algorithm combines all information collected in the system setting and the historical data generated, to provide a scheduling proposal on the best way to coordinate the…

Park Systems introduces the Park FX40, an autonomous Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), infused with innovative robotics, intelligent learning features, safety mechanisms, AI-based software and specialized add-ons. Park FX40 Atomic Force Microscope is the first AFM to autonomously execute all up-front set up and scanning processes, putting the intelligent Park FX40 in a new class of…

From Lawrence National Livermore Laboratory Inspired by the way plants absorb and distribute water and nutrients, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers have developed a groundbreaking method for transporting liquids and gases using 3D-printed lattice design and capillary action phenomena. In a paper published today in Nature and featured on the publication’s cover, LLNL researchers describe…

By Theresa Duque, Berkeley Lab Crystallization is one of the most fundamental processes found in nature – and it’s what gives minerals, gems, metals and even proteins their structure. In the past couple of decades, scientists have tried to uncover how natural crystals self-assemble and grow – and their pioneering work has led to some…

In a new study, researchers from the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) in Korea investigated the transformation dynamics induced by an electric field in mixed-phase lanthanum-doped bismuth ferrite (BLFO) epitaxial thin films. They observed a connection between the presence of S/Stilt phases in BLFO film and their high piezoelectricity. These findings can help…

By David McCullough Although changing rapidly, there remains a shortage of commercial properties that are developed with laboratories as potential tenants in mind, and brokers are often not always well informed about the specific needs of research tenants. As a result, research organizations often lease a property without sufficiently considering the difficulty of adapting them…

The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending June 25, 2021 closed at 5,107.19 for the 25 companies in the R&D World Index. The Index was up 2.24% (or 111.80 basis points) from the week ending June 18, 2021. The stock of 21 R&D World Index members gained value from 0.09% (Sanofi SA) to…

PathPartner, in collaboration with Quectel, announces a reliable and cost-effective Driver Monitoring Solution that utilizes Quectel’s SC600 smart module. Leveraging Quectel’s SC600 smart module’s power, the solution meets the need for computation, intelligence on the edge, connectivity and other functional requirements for next-generation driver monitoring and in-cabin occupancy applications, all packed in an extremely small…

By Steve Martin, Purdue Surgeons may soon be able to localize critical regions in tissues and organs during a surgical operation thanks to a new, patent-pending Purdue University biosensor that can be printed in 3D using an automated printing system. Chi Hwan Lee created the biosensor, which allows for simultaneous recording and imaging of tissues…

By Dave Bukey The future of clean energy is hot. Temperatures hit 800° C in parts of solar energy plants and advanced nuclear reactors. Finding materials that can stand that type of heat is tough. So experts look to Mark Messner for answers. A principal mechanical engineer at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne…

ZEISS Research Microscopy Solutions introduces ZEISS Xradia CrystalCT micro-computed tomography (microCT) system to enable 3D crystallographic imaging of polycrystalline materials for a wide range of metal and alloy, additive manufacturing, ceramic and pharmaceutical samples in industrial and academic laboratories. A world-first commercial implementation, ZEISS Xradia CrystalCT is purpose-built to deliver diffraction contrast tomography (DCT) on…

Nagoya Institute of Technology (NITech) and NGK INSULATORS (NGK), both based in Nagoya, Japan, have established the NGK Environment Innovation Laboratory on the NITech campus. This collaboration between the private sector and academia will work on creating innovative next-generation products that contribute to a significant reduction of greenhouse gases, such as materials for next-generation power…