An image taken by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft of its sampling head shows a cloud of material taken from the surface of asteroid Bennu leaking out of a small gap in the lid of the sampling mechanism.

When scientists finally cracked open the capsule from asteroid Bennu, they expected carbon, water-bearing minerals, and maybe ...

Material selection is seldom as easy as pulling an available tube from the stock room. Good sample transport system design incorporates various factors in material selection. These include surface ...

The copper producer says its new system in Hamburg, Germany, will assess the metals content of electronic scrap, spent catalysts and other materials. Aurubis says its new automated process cuts the ...

JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash.-- Climbing stairways through a dark, dusty building while wearing a hazardous material protection suit and breathing through a rubber mask is few people's idea of a ...

Collecting samples for a project can present a huge time loss for design professionals. To solve this, Swatchbox is out on a mission to help design professionals around the world, by offering a ...

Biological samples come in all shapes and sizes, for example, tough and fibrous plants, hard bones, soft muscles, tough and viscous sputum, or tumor or liver tissue. In addition, there are millions of ...

This story has been updated to show robots at Material Bank can handle up to 8 orders. Five miles east from the FedEx Express World Hub is another hub that aims to break new ground. While FedEx ...

BASF announced this month it will open a new electronic materials sampling and development facility in Hillsboro, OR. The new facility is a strategic step towards establishing a North American ...

With furniture retailers suffering staggering sales declines and international supply chain complications holding up materials and stalling projects, it’s not an easy time to conduct—let alone grow—a ...