National French electricity grid manager, RTE, has announced the first fully operational effort to control the flow of electricity through the grid using automation on a large scale.
Williams Advanced Engineering and Nyolbolt have joined a partnership intended to develop next-generation, high-performance vehicle batteries.
Candela's latest motor, the C-POD, is achieving new heights in carbon-neutral vehicle technology. It's 80% propeller efficiency makes it the more efficient all-electric motor of all time.
As air traffic is projected to increase dramatically over the next decade, reducing noise pollution is vital. Shape memory alloys may be the key to solving noise pollution during landing without degrading the aerodynamic properties of the airframe itself.
By Terry Ventre
7 Sep 2021
With low energy consumption and high efficiency, photocatalysis technology continues to gain traction. Here, the attraction of graphite carbon nitride is explained, covering current research pathways aimed at improving its performance as a photocatalyst and potential future investigations.
By John McAleese
6 Sep 2021
Chemically recycled polymers can offer a solution for material recycling for better plastic sustainability, without loss in properties. Dr. Junpeng Wang and his colleagues at the University of Akron, USA, have developed a polymer which can pave the way towards more sustainable polymer materials.
By Cvetelin Vasilev
3 Sep 2021
Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is critical in ensuring safety and reliability. Locating concealed damage or mapping deterioration within a structure and the underlying cause usually involves non-destructive testing (NDT).
By John McAleese
2 Sep 2021
Concrete is a valuable construction material, but like everything, it does not last forever. Researchers from Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, have developed a new method using a CFRP variant to help reinforce structures.
By Kerry Taylor-Smith
1 Sep 2021
Recently, a novel polymeric 3D printing resin-ink has been developed by 4D Biomaterials, called 4Degra™, a polycarbonate-urethane-based polymer that undergoes non-toxic biodegradation; its properties can be tailored to suit wide-ranging tissue regeneration applications.
The importance of non-destructive testing (NDT) and the underpinning technology partially lies in maintaining railway rails free of defects and inspection. Here the more frequently seen rail defects and related NDTs are described
By John McAleese
31 Aug 2021