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A Technology for Obtaining New Metal Structures Using Selective Laser Melting Technique

Researchers from Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) and Delft University of Technology have developed a technology for acquiring new metal structures using a selective laser melting technique (additive technology of producing 3D objects from metal powders).

13 Mar 2017

ELIX Polymers Offers New Line of Grade Materials for 3D Printing

Spanish manufacturer of ABS resins, ELIX Polymers is expanding its portfolio with additional grades specifically optimised for 3D printing applications.

13 Mar 2017

Norsk Titanium to Ship First 3D-Printed Metal Parts to Airbus

Metal additive manufacturing company Norsk Titanium is shipping its first 3D printed part to aerospace company Airbus.

13 Mar 2017

Researchers 3D Print High Quality Adhesive Braille Labels to Benefit Visually Impaired

Researchers from Texas A&M University's Mechanical Engineering department have used 3D printers to create high quality adhesive labels in braille for a variety of consumer products.

13 Mar 2017

Researchers Create 3D-Printed Bio-Inspired Interlocking Sutures

Researchers and professors at McGill University in Canada have worked with 3D printing a number of times, using the technology to 3D print better hip replacements, and even more absurd-sounding items, like building a 3D printed tiger out of ice and a 3D printed statue of Canada’s 7th Prime Minister out of polyurethane foam and shaving cream

13 Mar 2017

Physicists Generate Fully Controllable Quasiparticles that Record Data at Room Temperature

Russian physicists and their European colleagues learned to generate excitons by changing the light parameters. The excitons are quasiparticles which are fully-controllable and helped to record information at room temperature.

10 Mar 2017

OIST Professors Examine Stability of Magnetic Chains Under Influence of Gravity

Magnetic balls provide exciting avenues for exploring many fundamental phenomena in physics. They can be assembled by hand into chains and more complex structures and used to model the properties of unstretchable materials that, like paper, crumple under certain loading conditions.

10 Mar 2017

New Chemical Form of Plutonium Paves Way for Additional Transuranic Revelations

Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory in collaboration with the University of California - Irvine (UCI) have uncovered a significant new chemical attribute of plutonium, the identification and structural verification of the +2 oxidation state in a molecular system.

10 Mar 2017

New Method Could Predict How Atoms Diffuse in Other Materials

The movement of atoms in solids controls everything.

10 Mar 2017

Robinson Brothers appoints Swan Chemical Inc. as Exclusive Distributor for Robac Technology in US and Canada.

Swan Chemical Inc. (SCI) continues to grow its rubber masterbatch and additive market presence with the addition of the Robac Technology product range.

From Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd. 10 Mar 2017

New Innovative Measurement Technologies for 3D Surface Metrology

Sensofar Metrology has developed two new innovative measurement technology features that take great advantage of Sensofar’s utilisation of a microdisplay in their 3-in-1 S-line 3D surface metrology systems.

From Sensofar Metrology 10 Mar 2017

Leapfrog Bold Successfully 3D Prints Using Plastic Polypropylene Filament

3D printer manufacturer Leapfrog, known for its Creatr line of 3D printers, introduced its latest desktop 3D printer, the Leapfrog Bolt, just a few months ago.

10 Mar 2017

Morgan Advanced Materials Launches Kiln Furniture at Ceramics Expo, in a First for US Market

This year’s Ceramics Expo has been chosen for the launch of a brand new range of kiln furniture from Morgan Advanced Materials, suited to the production of catalytic converters and diesel particulate filters (DPFs).

From Morgan Advanced Materials 9 Mar 2017

Screening and Quantification for Heavy Metals in Cosmetics Using ED-XRF Analyzers Is Detailed in New Application Brief

The screening and quantification for heavy metals in cosmetics using energy-dispersive x-ray fluorescence (ED-XRF) analyzers is detailed in a new application brief available to download at http://bit.ly/2mAdFRm

From SPECTRO Analytical Instruments GmbH 9 Mar 2017

Method for Measuring Weak or Nonexistent Magnetic Fields Holds Promise for Next-Generation Computing Devices

A team of researchers at the University of Iowa have proposed a new method to detect and measure materials that emit weak magnetic signals or do not have a magnetic field at all.

9 Mar 2017