Category: News

By streamlining the acquisition, recertification and repair of gas cylinders, industrial gas distributors can increase profitability. Industrial gas distributors, responsible for filling and supplying compressed gas cylinders for sale or rental, are crucial to diverse sectors. They deliver essential gases like nitrogen, oxygen, argon, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, helium, methane and …

  Researchers at the Cleland Lab, part of the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME), have unveiled a groundbreaking design for superconducting quantum processors. This new architecture features a modular router that breaks free from the traditional two-dimensional grid constraints, enhancing qubit connectivity and scalability. The advancement …

The NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) has developed an analytical model that predicts diffusion between two gases during piston purging of liquid hydrogen (LH2) tanks. This model helps explain dramatic helium savings seen in a recent Kennedy Space Center (KSC) purge, shows that undesired turbulent mixing occurred in Space …

Thermal management solutions provider Advanced Cooling Technologies has received a $1 million order from Hamilton Storage to support its biological sample storage freezers. The order includes cryogenic cold walls integral to Hamilton Storage’s ongoing cold plate programme, which ensures consistent temperatures for sensitive biological specimens. Ensuring Sample Integrity Hamilton Storage …

Astoriom, a global leader in life sciences R&D sample stability and biorepository storage, has unveiled a cutting-edge cryogenic storage suite at its Tramore facility in County Waterford. This new development brings unparalleled capabilities for biological sample storage to Ireland. Gerald Hurley, CEO of the Waterford Chamber of Commerce, joined Astoriom’s …

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) announced a significant breakthrough in propulsion technology as the CE20 cryogenic engine passed a critical sea-level test, marking a vital step forward for its future space missions. The test, conducted on November 29 at the ISRO Propulsion Complex in Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu, demonstrated the …

The University of Nottingham has kicked off a £5.3 million program of research to support the development, manufacture and testing of a revolutionary cryogenic hydrogen-electric propulsion system. The news was announced at the Farnborough International Airshow 2024 and is part of a pioneering £44 million project led by GKN Aerospace, …

A research team led by Professor Jaedong Lee from the Department of Chemical Physics at DGIST (President Kunwoo Lee) has unveiled a groundbreaking quantum state and an innovative mechanism for extracting and manipulating quantum information through exciton and Floquet states. Collaborating with Professor Noejung Park from UNIST’s Department of Physics (President Chongrae …

Standex International Corporation (SXI) has acquired Michigan-based advanced cryogenic equipment manufacturer Custom Biogenic Systems (CBS) for around $6.2m cash. Under terms of the deal, CBS will become part of SXI’s scientific business segment. CBS expertise includes the manufacturing of unique isothermal freezers with dry liquid nitrogen technology for the pharmaceutical and …

A Yale-led team has found the strongest evidence yet of a novel type of superconducting material, a fundamental science breakthrough that may open the door to coaxing superconductivity — the flow of electric current without a loss of energy — in a new way. The discovery also lends tangible support …

Leon Cooper, who has died aged 94, helped to solve a problem that had stumped many of the greatest minds in twentieth-century physics. With his colleagues John Bardeen and Robert Schrieffer, he deciphered the dance of electrons that causes superconductivity, or the sudden drop in electrical resistance experienced by certain materials, …

To complement its family of sub-Kelvin cryostats, Danaher Cryogenics announces the release of its new Rodeo Control System. In an elegant, compact package, the Rodeo Control System gives the user great functionality, including system configuration and control, data collection and graphing, and system status. The Rodeo system is composed of …

In a landmark development for green technology, New Zealand-based Fabrum, an industry leader in zero-emission transition technologies, has successfully partnered with Australian mining giant Fortescue to design, build and commission the largest liquid hydrogen plant at a mine site in Australia. This state-of-the-art facility, unveiled in August at Fortescue’s Christmas …

Brad Sutton, Technical Director at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology’s Biomedical Imaging Center and Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has been named a Fellow by the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) as of May 6, 2024. This honor recognizes his …

Guy Gistau-Baguer, an iconic figure in the field of cryogenics, passed away August 25, 2024, leaving behind a significant scientific and technical legacy. Born on June 22, 1940, in Génos, France, he graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Métiers in 1963. His career was marked by an …

In the ongoing battle against cancer, IceCure Medical is providing minimally invasive, lifesaving options for patients with its revolutionary cryoablation technology, particularly through its flagship product, the ProSense® System. This state-of-the-art system offers an alternative to traditional surgical methods, effectively targeting both benign and malignant tumors while significantly enhancing patient …

It’s a fact of life in industrial processing that in order to accomplish “good” things you must sometimes have to work with potentially “bad” things. Such is the case with liquid hydrogen, or LH2. For example, as the industrial world continues to look for new ways to move away from …

Multiple cryostats have been developed and released including; microcrack fracture toughness and shear fixtures, with others, such as impact, under development. Understanding properties of materials at cryogenic temperatures is time consuming and costly, with limited existing UK capability. Driving transformational change in the field of cryogenics, the capability introduced by NCC …