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Alexander Beadle is a science writer and editor for Technology Networks. Before this, he worked as a freelance science writer, writing features and reporting on breaking news in materials science, environmental science and drug research. Alexander holds an MChem in Materials Chemistry from the University of St Andrews, Scotland.


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A person holds a magnifying glass up to a 100 dollar bill
News

Researchers Develop New Tunable Anti-Counterfeiting Material

Researchers have developed a new, tunable persistent luminescence (PersL) nanomaterial that can be used in anti-counterfeiting labels to make currency and important documents even harder to forge.
A sheet of transparent glassy gel sample is stretched over the tip of a nail, without it breaking or being punctured
News

Researchers Create “Glassy Gels”, A New Class of Materials

Researchers have created a new class of materials that blends the hardness of glass with the stretchability of gels. The new materials – “glassy gels” – can stretch up to five times their original length without breaking.
John Lesica, president, chromatography and mass spectrometry at Thermo Fisher Scientific.
Industry Insight

Optimizing Analytical Tools To Accelerate Translational Research

John Lesica, president of chromatography and mass spectrometry at Thermo Fisher Scientific, joined Technology Networks for an interview at this year's American Society for Mass Spectrometry event.
Jose Castro-Perez and Chris Lock.
Industry Insight

Driving Sensitivity and Resilience in Mass Spectrometry at ASMS 2024

Technology Networks joined SCIEX for a discussion about the company’s latest product launches at this year’s ASMS conference.
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News

New Method Optimizes Lithium Extraction From Seawater and Groundwater

Scientists have demonstrated a new method to extract valuable lithium from very dilute liquids – including seawater, groundwater and the “flowback water” generated from fracking and offshore oil drilling operations.
Omid Farokhzad, chair and CEO at Seer.
Industry Insight

Pushing the Boundaries of Biological Discovery in Proteomics

Dr. Omid Farokhzad, chair and CEO at Seer, discusses how to achieve deep, unbiased and scalable analysis of the proteome at speed at ASMS 2024.
A blacksmith hammers a strip of metal against an iron anvil
News

Groundbreaking Study Finds Metals Actually Get Stronger When Hot

Metal normally gets soft and malleable when heated. However, a new study suggests that this is not always the case. Metal sheets struck by fast-moving projectiles appear to be stronger at impact when they are hot, compared to room temperature.
A glass vial being lowered to the surface of a calm river
Industry Insight

Unraveling the Impact of PFAS

At analytica 2024, Technology Networks spoke with Dr. Susanne Soelter, field application specialist at Agilent, to learn more about the impact of PFAS and the challenges that come with PFAS testing.
The underside of a pink mushroom
News

Mushroom Eco-Leather: The Next Step for Sustainable Fashion?

While there is demand within the fashion industry for vegan alternatives to leather, there are few sustainable options that can match current commercial needs. Now, a new production method could help to make mushroom-based leather a realistic option.
Trainee firefighters putting out a car fire using firefighting foam.
News

UV Method Helps To Clean Up Harmful PFAS

A new photo-electrochemical treatment method for highly contaminated water can near-completely destroy harmful pollutants introduced by firefighting foams.
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