Materials Science News

RSS

Environment-Friendly Cooling Using Nickel-Titanium Shape Memory Alloys

In today’s world, cooling is a very important process. The challenge for the future is to carry out cooling that is not harmful to the climate, and facilitates the conservation of natural resources. Professors Stefan Seelecke and Andreas Schütze from Saarland University have used cooling systems that use shape memory alloys, also referred to as ‘artificial muscles’ or ‘metal muscles.

4 Feb 2016

Lockheed Martin’s GPS III Satellite Successfully Completes Critical System-Level Thermal Vacuum Testing

Engineers at Lockheed Martin recently proved their design for the world’s most powerful Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite can operate in and withstand the harsh conditions it will experience on orbit.

4 Feb 2016

NIST Develops Novel Technology by Integrating Thin Electrochromic Polymer Film with Nanograting

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have combined advanced nanometer-scale gratings and a Space Age-era thin-film polymer, to invent a novel technology. This technology can be used to fabricate routers and switches for optical signals, energy-efficient full-color video displays, and smart windows and coatings.

4 Feb 2016

Smithers Rapra Announce Webinar on Assessing Polymer Performance in ‘hot’ And ‘sour’ Oil and Gas Environments

NORSOK and ISO “compliance” are frequently referenced by suppliers of polymer materials and semi-finished goods for the oil and gas industry, but do they provide the complete picture of lifetime in service?

From Smithers Rapra 3 Feb 2016

Chiral Technologies and Strem Chemicals Team Up To Offer High Purity Chiral Reagents

Chiral Technologies, Inc., part of DAICEL CORPORATION, the global market leader in enantioselective chromatography, announced they will begin selling Daicel’s chiral reagents in the U.S. and Europe exclusively thro...

From Strem Chemicals 3 Feb 2016

Teijin Develops New Aramid Fiber Fabrics for Protection from Airborne Volcanic Fragments

Teijin Limited announced today that it has developed two new fabrics of Twaron® and Technora® para-aramid fibers to protect facilities such as lodges and evacuation shelters from airborne volcanic fragments measuring as much as about 10cm.

From Teijin Limited 3 Feb 2016

Freeman Technology Launches New Powder Tester at Powtech 2016

Freeman Technology, the powder characterisation specialists, will launch the Uniaxial Powder Tester (UPT) at Powtech 2016 (19 April – 21 April, Nüremberg, Germany). The new powder tester provides an accurate and repeatable measure of the unconfined yield strength (UYS) of a powder to assess and rank flowability.

From Freeman Technology 3 Feb 2016

Excelitas® Technologies Corp.’s New OmniCure® AC9 UV LED Curing Systems Enable Faster Line Speeds

Excelitas Technologies® Corp., a global technology leader focused on delivering innovative, customized photonic solutions, introduces OmniCure® AC9 UV LED Curing Systems for the curing of inks, adhesives and coatings.

3 Feb 2016

IMP Develops Catalyst Adsorbent Material that Could Help Eliminate Organic Nitrogen Compounds in Crude Oil

The Mexican Oil Institute (IMP) developed a catalyst adsorbent material that removes 80 percent of organic compounds from hydrocarbon charges before starting the process of hydrodesulfurization (sulfur removing from the hydrocarbon). It also allows Pemex (Mexican Oil Company) to generate ultra low sulfur diesel (ULSD) more quickly and cheaply.

3 Feb 2016

Virginia Commonwealth University Workshop Offers 3-D Printing

Natalie DeMenthon, a junior communication arts and computer science student, loves making costumes, particularly ones inspired by video games. So when VCU Libraries’ new innovative media center opened its doors recently, she decided to try out one of its 3-D printers to fabricate a cosplay prop.

3 Feb 2016

MIT, Texas Instruments Researchers Develop Unhackable Radio Frequency Identification Chips

Researchers at MIT and Texas Instruments have developed a new type of radio frequency identification (RFID) chip that is virtually impossible to hack.

3 Feb 2016

ICESat-2 Uses Photon Counting Technique in Spaceflight Instruments

NASA’s follow-on to the successful ICESat mission will employ a never-before-flown technique for determining the topography of ice sheets and the thickness of sea ice, but that won’t be the only first for this mission.

3 Feb 2016

Block Copolymer Hydrogel Prevents Damage to Red Blood Cells

Scientists have developed a new approach for the long-term storage of biological tissue and blood samples making blood transfusions easier.

3 Feb 2016

Sandia Labs Analyzes Impact on Composites Using Nondestructive Testing Methods

Researchers David Moore and Timothy Briggs from Sandia National Laboratories and their teams are analyzing the inner parts of a composite material. Moore had a rectangular piece of carbon composite material with a surface that was smooth with a weak woven pattern.

3 Feb 2016

The New Compact, Flexible and Powerful 3D Profiler, S lynx

Sensofar Metrology has released a new high-resolution non-contact 3D surface profiler in a more compact format – the S lynx. The new system draws on over 14 years of experience in designing optical metrology systems for both R&D and industry, enabling Sensofar to pack the performance of a high-end 3D surface profiler into a smaller platform.

From Sensofar Metrology 3 Feb 2016

Materials Science News

Environment-Friendly Cooling Using Nickel-Titanium Shape Memory Alloys

Lockheed Martin’s GPS III Satellite Successfully Completes Critical System-Level Thermal Vacuum Testing

NIST Develops Novel Technology by Integrating Thin Electrochromic Polymer Film with Nanograting

Smithers Rapra Announce Webinar on Assessing Polymer Performance in ‘hot’ And ‘sour’ Oil and Gas Environments

Chiral Technologies and Strem Chemicals Team Up To Offer High Purity Chiral Reagents

Teijin Develops New Aramid Fiber Fabrics for Protection from Airborne Volcanic Fragments

Freeman Technology Launches New Powder Tester at Powtech 2016

Excelitas® Technologies Corp.’s New OmniCure® AC9 UV LED Curing Systems Enable Faster Line Speeds

IMP Develops Catalyst Adsorbent Material that Could Help Eliminate Organic Nitrogen Compounds in Crude Oil

Virginia Commonwealth University Workshop Offers 3-D Printing

MIT, Texas Instruments Researchers Develop Unhackable Radio Frequency Identification Chips

ICESat-2 Uses Photon Counting Technique in Spaceflight Instruments

Block Copolymer Hydrogel Prevents Damage to Red Blood Cells

Sandia Labs Analyzes Impact on Composites Using Nondestructive Testing Methods

The New Compact, Flexible and Powerful 3D Profiler, S lynx

News Categories

AI-Driven Transformation in Oil Analysis

Advancing Natural Gas Quality Monitoring With Multi-Gas Analysis

Advancing Laser Diffraction: Integrating Imaging, Robustness, and Automation With the Litesizer DIF

The AIMsight FTIR Microscope for Microsample Analysis

The ARES-G3 Rheometer for High-Precision Rheology Data

DECTRIS POLLUX X-Ray Detector for Laboratories - Versatility Meets Performance

Editorial Highlights

Engineering Solutions for Modern Oil and Gas

Flare Stacks in Oil & Gas Safety

The Carbon Cost: Rethinking Modern Materials

Sponsored Content

A Complete Guide to Particle Size Reduction in Manufacturing

A2L Leak Detection in Data Center Air Cooling

What is the Best Hipot Platform for Modern Manufacturing Electrical Safety Testing

Precision Matters: Expanding Role of Melt Flow Indexing in Material Science