A team of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) has proved that 3D printing technology could be used to create intricate self-folding structures.
By Stuart Milne
22 Sep 2015
Stanford researchers have created a thin, transparent, patterned silica overlay capable of raising efficiency levels of solar cells by cooling them even when they are exposed to full sunlight.
By Stuart Milne
22 Sep 2015
Using novel Bragg magnifier optics, researchers have been able to combine different microscopy modalities together into a single instrument using a lab-sized X-ray source as opposed to resorting to synchrotron radiation.
PANalytical, the world’s leading supplier of analytical instrumentation and software for X-ray and related techniques, announces their free webinar on ‘XRD characterization of highly oriented thin films’.
Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), along with scientists from China and Japan have developed a method to produce thin electronic materials in sizes which are larger than tiny flakes.
Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPI-P) in Mainz, Germany and FOM Institute AMOLF in the Netherlands have collaborated to discover that the structural memory of water exists on a picosecond timescale.
A team of researchers from the University of Minnesota, Virginia Tech, University of Maryland, Princeton University and Johns Hopkins University have created a new kind of 3D-printed guide capable of assisting complex motor and sensory nerves to re-grow subsequent to an injury.
Dr Jenifer Baxter, Head of Energy and Environment, at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, said in response to the UK Government decision to guarantee the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant:
The internationally operating designer and manufacturer of testing systems for fibers, yarns and fabrics and global leader in the field of man-made fiber testing, Textechno GmbH & Co. KG, headquartered in Mönchengladbach, Germany, plans to expand its worldwide activities in the field of Advanced Materials in cooperation with Dr. Michael Effing.
Morgan Advanced Materials, the global leader in specially-engineered ceramic materials for industrial applications, has extended its laser equipment manufacturing capability and product portfolio in Europe. Two of its Eu...
Florida International University (FIU) has partnered with MakerBot, a leading company in the desktop 3D printing sector, to launch a novel CARTA Innovation Lab at FIU College of Architecture + The Arts (CARTA) Miami Beach Urban Studios.
By Beth Ellison
18 Sep 2015
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), and the University of California (UC), Berkeley, have collaborated to create a microscopic, ultrathin invisibility “skin” cloak that has the ability to conceal 3D objects of arbitrary shape from detection using visible light.
By Beth Ellison
18 Sep 2015
Southco, a global leader in engineered access solutions, has announced the launch of its 2015 product catalogue. Southco Handbook 65 is the leading global resource for best-in-class engineered access hardware solutions. The company has helped customers solve engineering design challenges for more than 70 years.
On their booth A6-6406 in hall 6 at this year’s Fakuma exhibition Coperion and Coperion K-Tron present themselves as innovative system providers for plastics processing. A highlight on the booth floor is the T35/S60 Quick Change Feeder which is on display together with a 2400 Series Pellet Receiver and the ActiFlow™ Smart Bulk Solids Activator.
The Antwerp Expo in Belgium will host a major international petrochemical industry event on 18th and 19th November. PEFTEC 2015 will include a comprehensive conference and seminar programme in addition to an exhibition featuring all of the world’s leading organisations involved with analytical testing and monitoring for process control, research and development, environmental monitoring, occupational safety and quality control in the petroleum and petrochemical sectors.