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Nanostructured Materials May Increase Lifespan of High-Capacity Energy Systems
A research team led by Carnegie Mellon University Materials Science and Biomedical Engineering Professor Prashant Kumta has discovered a nanocrystalline material that is cheaper, more stable and produces a higher quality energy storage capacity for use in a variety of industrial and portable consumer electronic products. Kumta said the discovery, published this summer in Advanced Materials Journal, has important implications for increasing the longevity of rechargeable car batteries, fuel cells and other battery-operated electronic devices.

"We have found that synthesis of nanostructured vanadium nitride and controlled oxidation of the surface at the nanoscale is key to creating the next generation of supercapacitors commonly used in everything from cars, camcorders and lawn mowers to industrial backup power systems at hospitals and airports," Kumta said. more>>>

Ward Unravels Bacteria’s Role In Global Nitrogen Cycle
A rock props open the door to Bess Ward’s office on the second floor of Guyot Hall in Princeton’s Department of Geosciences. It’s a nod to the department’s acclaimed tradition of geophysics, plate tectonics and “hard rock stuff,” as Ward put it, although rocks play only a secondary role in her research.

Ward is a biogeochemist, which is a big-picture way of saying that she does a little bit of everything — biology, geology and chemistry, especially as they relate to the world’s oceans. She studies the nitrogen cycle, the biological and chemical shuffle of nitrogen from soils to oceans to atmosphere and back again. more>>>

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Strategic Lab Management Conference – Coming in October
Lab managers need to understand a vast array of quality systems requirements—systems that require intricate documentation and workflow management. Health, safety and environmental regulations are changing rapidly, and lack of knowledge about these changes is no excuse. Attracting and retaining quality staff is a major challenge. And within the next several years, the majority of lab managers will be involved in a major expansion, retrofit, renovation or replacement of their facility.

Reed Science Group’s Strategic Lab Management Conference will show you how to manage quality issues, comply with a changing regulatory environment, transfer technology to market, reduce capital and supply costs and evaluate state-of-the-art laboratory information management systems. more>>>


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Mixing System Easily Processes Hazardous Materials Simple to use and versatile, Delp Mixer’s 500-mL mixing system handles 35-psi pressure or 30-in-Hg vacuum. Uses include contract manufacturing, small batch mixing, nanomaterial production, and high-value or hazardous materials applications. more>>>

Process Control Photo Optical Particle Analyzer W.S. Tyler’s Haver CPA 3-2 RT meets analysis demands for quick, repeatable and accurate results. The unit allows the entire sample to be measured precisely and accurately. The 3-2 RT model also features a software package that will correlate its measurements to traditional sieving results. more>>>

	Spectrophotometer Software Based On Cuvette-Less Technology NanoDrop Technologies’ ND-1000 version 3.2 software for the ND-1000 UV-Vis spectrophotometer makes the tool more powerful and convenient for measuring 1-uL samples. The data viewer enables the user to overlay current and archived spectra, plot data from archived files, and choose which fields to display. more>>>