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Lucifer Furnaces Equips R. Hueter with Benchtop Oven for Heat Treating with Nitrogen

R. Hueter Co, Beverly Massachusetts, a northeast CNC machine shop specializing in male and female RF connector contact production has added a Lucifer Furnaces’ heat treating oven to meet their growing heat treating needs.

From Lucifer Furnaces 9 Mar 2017

Researchers Successfully Create Exotic Time Crystals Using Theories Developed at Princeton University

Time crystals may sound like something from science fiction, having more to do with time travel or Dr. Who.

9 Mar 2017

NRL Researchers Develop Transparent Thermoplastic Elastomer Armor

WASHINGTON. U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) research chemists developed and patented a transparent thermoplastic elastomer armor to reduce weight, inherent in most bullet-resistant glass, while maintaining ballistic properties.

9 Mar 2017

New Method Could Enable Creation of Biodegradable and Petroleum-Free Plastics

US startup Mango Materials is testing a new process for biodegradable plastics at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Advanced Biofuels Process Demonstration Unit.

9 Mar 2017

Frameless Hangprinter Could 3D Print Extremely Large Structures

Torbjørn Ludvigsen, a Swedish maker and RepRap builder, is raising funds to develop the Hangprinter, a suspended 3D printer that uses the walls and ceiling of a room as its “frame.” The unusual 3D printer can be used to print extremely large structures.

9 Mar 2017

More Science. Less Time. Check out Lake Shore Cryotronics’ APS exhibit

Lake Shore Cryotronics will showcase material characterization solutions—including a new highly sensitive electromagnet-based vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM)—as well as a comprehensive range of cryogenic temperature measurement products at next week’s APS March Meeting in New Orleans.

From Lake Shore Cryotronics Inc. 8 Mar 2017

COMSOL Conference 2017 — Call for Papers and Posters

The COMSOL Conference 2017 Boston will be held October 4-6, 2017 at the Boston Marriott Newton hotel. The program committee of the 13th annual COMSOL Conference today invites members of the COMSOL community to submit paper and poster abstracts on their numerical simulation work and custom applications.

From COMSOL Multiphysics Pvt. Ltd. 8 Mar 2017

Scientists Conduct Simulation of Glass Transition in Polymer Film

Glasses are not technically solid in a crystallized form, however, they are substances frozen in a liquid-like structure.

8 Mar 2017

Electrical Treatment of Metallic Films Could be a Viable Strategy for Reducing Surface Roughness

Surface roughness reduction is very important for fundamental surface physics and while fabricating optical and electronic devices.

8 Mar 2017

Georgia Tech Researchers Study How Toroidal Droplets Evolve into Spherical Droplets

For most people, the drip, drip, drip of a leaking faucet would be an annoyance. But for Georgia Institute of Technology Ph.D. candidate Alexandros Fragkopoulos, what happens inside droplets is the stuff of serious science.

8 Mar 2017

ORNL Study Explores Degradation of Tungsten Under Reactor-Relevant Conditions

A fusion reactor is essentially a magnetic bottle containing the same processes that occur in the sun. Deuterium and tritium fuels fuse to form a vapor of helium ions, neutrons and heat.

8 Mar 2017

New QCL Frequency Comb Could be Used to Detect Dangerous Chemical Agents

Northwestern Engineering researchers have designed a quantum cascade laser (QCL) frequency comb that is dramatically more efficient than previous iterations.

8 Mar 2017

Interlocking Jigsaw-Like Structures Could Strengthen 3D Printable Materials

New research from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at McGill University in Canada demonstrates how interlocking jigsaw shapes can strengthen 3D printable materials.

8 Mar 2017

Ford Motor to Test Large Scale Car Parts Using Stratasys’ Infinite Build 3D Printer

Increasingly affordable and efficient, 3D printing large car parts, like car spoilers, could benefit both Ford and consumers. Parts that are printed can be lighter in weight than their traditionally manufactured counterparts, and may help improve fuel efficiency

8 Mar 2017

Researchers Use 3D Printing Technology to Create Artificial Blood Vessels

In the past decade, UC San Diego engineers have 3D printed a variety of devices ranging from rocket engines, to robots, to structures inspired by the seahorse’s tail. Now, nanoengineers have added a new item to that list: a 3D printed blood vessel network.

8 Mar 2017