New innovations are being made all the time in the search for a true invisibility cloak. Now scientists have perfectly 'cloaked' an object for the first time.
By G.P. Thomas
12 Nov 2012
This article looks at how hurricanes are formed and how new engineering methods, utilising simple materials, are being studied to try and calm such storms.
By G.P. Thomas
9 Nov 2012
In this interview, Gordon Thompson, CEO & Executive Director at Dyesol Ltd, talks to AZoM about the manufacturing prosesses involved in the photovoltaic industry.
The Raspberry Pi (RPi) is a small computer at the size of a credit card and was developed by the Raspberry Pi Foundation in the UK. The producers hope that youngsters will be able to learn basic programming using this little PC.
By G.P. Thomas
8 Nov 2012
In this interview, Gordon Thompson, CEO & Executive Director at Dyesol Ltd, talks to AZoM about recent innovations in solar technology.
OLEDs have broken through in the past 18 months, and there are now clear signs that they will finally live up to their long-promised commercial potential.
Black silicon is a new type of semiconductor material that can absorb photons and release electrons in a much better manner as it forms billions of small, nano-scale pits during the process.
By G.P. Thomas
5 Nov 2012
Extended drill bits were used by a rail industry customer in hand-assembly work to help workers to reach beyond structural members to attach materials.
Eu2+-doped SrAl2O4 (SrAl2O4:Eu2+) was synthesized by a conventional solid-state reaction process and consolidated by pulsed electric current sintering.
Various test methods have been used to study hot corrosion. Immersion testing (or crucible testing), which was the first laboratory test method, is not considered reliable for simulating the gas turbine environment.