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3D Laser Printing Used to Build Micron-Scale Optics with Superior Performance

Researchers have proven that micron-scale optics can be 3D printed with exceptional performance and reproducibility. The method they used can be adapted to develop nearly any type of integrated optical element at the micron-scale or smaller, which could assist in the miniaturization of instruments and gadgets used in sensing to telecommunications applications.

21 Apr 2016

Loughborough University Project Aims to Modernize 3D Printed Fashion

Loughborough University’s Senior Lecturer in Product and Industrial Design, Dr Guy Bingham, has collaborated with international textile and garment manufacturer the Yeh Group, to undertake a highly innovative project using 3D textile printing, which could transform the way clothes and footwear are manufactured.

21 Apr 2016

New Coating Technology to Enhance Efficiency of Wind Turbine Blades

The blades of wind turbines in offshore environments are susceptible to erosion due to heavy rainfalls and the harmful offshore environment. This leads to a drastic reduction in the energy production capacity and efficiency of turbines. The European project Windtrust is evaluating new technologies to overcome such drawbacks.

21 Apr 2016

Royal DSM Launches New Stanyl Polyamide 46-Based High Performance Material

Royal DSM, a global science-based company active in health, nutrition and materials, has launched an innovative new high performance material based on Stanyl® polyamide 46. This new material, Stanyl HGR1, reduces frictional torque in automobile engine timing systems and will provide OEMs with a very cost-effective tool for reducing fuel consumption.

21 Apr 2016

Research on Advancing Conductive Plastic Holds Promise in Health and Energy Sectors

A breakthrough research by Washington State University’s assistant professor of physics, Brian Collins is paving the way for the creation of biological implants that have the capacity to communicate with the brain, to provide vision to the visually challenged or to control paralyzed limbs.

20 Apr 2016

NASA Assesses Use of 3D Printing for Constructing Tightly Packed Electronic Assemblies

In recent years, detector assemblies are becoming smaller and denser with a number of electronic components that have to be electrically connected to sense and read out signals. This has produced a greater challenge to design and manufacture these highly critical instrument devices.

20 Apr 2016

PNNL's New Rechargeable Battery Offers Inexpensive, Eco-Friendly Alternative for Storing Renewable Energy

A research team has unexpectedly discovered a rechargeable battery, which is as cheap as the standard car batteries, but with very high energy density. This new battery could be used as an alternative to support the power grid and store renewable energy in an environmentally friendly and cost-effective manner.

20 Apr 2016

Researchers Provide First Definitive Evidence for Twist-Bend Phase of Liquid Crystals

Discovered more than 125 years ago, liquid crystals play a significant role in screens of computer monitors and TV, watches, clocks and a variety of other electronics displays. Scientists are still attempting to improve the molecular makeup of these liquid crystals.

20 Apr 2016

New Method Could Optimize Detection of Nuclear Materials Hidden Within Containers

A new low-energy nuclear reaction imaging method was put to test by a team of researchers recently. This method has the capability of detecting whether there was any weapons-grade plutonium and uranium present, and can be applied to check cargo containers entering into the US ports. The method relies on a mixture of high-energy photons and neutrons to detect radioactive materials shielded within the containers.

20 Apr 2016

Connah’s Quay Power Station Minimizes Operational Requirements with HACH’s LDO Monitoring Technology

Staff at Connah’s Quay Power Station have installed the latest luminescent optical dissolved oxygen (LDO) monitoring technology to minimise operational requirements whilst protecting the plant’s high value assets. An Orbisphere K1100 sensor from HACH now monitors DO continuously in the boiler water feed, requiring almost no maintenance or calibration.

From Hach Company 20 Apr 2016

Buehler Introduces SimpliMet 4000™ – Advanced Mounting System Designed for Speed, Durability & Ease of Use

Buehler is introducing the SimpliMet 4000, an automatic, duplexing mounting press designed specifically for use in industrial laboratories where fast reliable results are required.

From Buehler 19 Apr 2016

Newly Developed Super Stretchy, Self-Healing Material Paves Way for Artificial Muscles

An experiment conducted in the laboratory of Stanford University’s chemical engineering professor Zhenan Bao has resulted in the creation of a super-stretchy material. It began when one of the Bao’s team members, Cheng-Hui Li was testing the stretchiness of an elastomer, which he had just synthesized.

19 Apr 2016

Materials Science News

3D Laser Printing Used to Build Micron-Scale Optics with Superior Performance

Loughborough University Project Aims to Modernize 3D Printed Fashion

New Coating Technology to Enhance Efficiency of Wind Turbine Blades

Royal DSM Launches New Stanyl Polyamide 46-Based High Performance Material

Research on Advancing Conductive Plastic Holds Promise in Health and Energy Sectors

NASA Assesses Use of 3D Printing for Constructing Tightly Packed Electronic Assemblies

PNNL's New Rechargeable Battery Offers Inexpensive, Eco-Friendly Alternative for Storing Renewable Energy

Researchers Provide First Definitive Evidence for Twist-Bend Phase of Liquid Crystals

New Method Could Optimize Detection of Nuclear Materials Hidden Within Containers

Connah’s Quay Power Station Minimizes Operational Requirements with HACH’s LDO Monitoring Technology

Buehler Introduces SimpliMet 4000™ – Advanced Mounting System Designed for Speed, Durability & Ease of Use

Newly Developed Super Stretchy, Self-Healing Material Paves Way for Artificial Muscles

Phenom World Demonstrate their Gunshot Residue (GSR) Analysis System at the Forensics Europe Expo

Newly Developed Biosurfactants Lower Oil Viscosity and Minimize Operating Costs

Researchers Develop Ultrathin Organic Material that Enables Improved E-Skin Displays

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