A 3D printed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), designed and built at the University of Southampton, was successfully test launched from the front of the Royal Navy warship, HMS Mersey, and landed safely on a Dorset beach.
By Beth Ellison
24 Jul 2015
TenCate Advanced Composites' innovative materials support the Bell 525 Relentless helicopter, showcasing advancements in aerospace and industrial applications.
Photon Control Inc. launches the Custom Spectrometer Builder, a web tool designed to simplify the spectrometer selection process for distributors and customers.
A team of researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin is involved in developing smart windows with advanced energy efficient engineering materials capable of allowing windows to reveal light without transferring heat-transfer and, conversely capable of restricting light while allowing heat to pass through. These concepts are illustrated by them in two new research papers.
By Stuart Milne
24 Jul 2015
A team of researchers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Department of Energy, has integrated a new synthesis process with standard electron-beam lithography methods to create complex and scalable arrays of semiconductor heterojunctions in random patterns within a nanometer-thick semiconductor crystal. This unique process depends on converting patterned areas of a single-layer crystal into another layer of crystal. The study has been published in Nature Communications.
By Stuart Milne
24 Jul 2015
Today, MTI Systems Inc., a leading developer of cost estimating software solutions for manufacturers, has launched Costimator® Version 14, the latest release of their industry-leading cost-estimating software. Costimator V14 has many new features including 3DFX, an automated feature recognition function, enhanced cost models, new cost/profit report and SQL Server 2014 compatibility.
Researchers at Florida State University (FSU) have developed new functional materials that behave exactly in the manner desired. These ‘materials by design’ have tailored properties and well-defined structures that make them desirable for various applications, including light-controlling devices and molecular sensors.
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a breakthrough method to enhance strength and modulus of carbon fibers. This new technique is based on an advanced method for spinning an organic polymer resin known as polyacrylonitrile (PAN), which is used to create carbon fibers.
By Stuart Milne
23 Jul 2015
Wyatt Technology Corporation, the world leader in instrumentation for absolute macromolecular and nanoparticle characterization, has published a new whitepaper outlining how to evaluate the solution quality of biotherapeutic candidates prior to screening via Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) or Bio Layer Interferometry (BLI).
Scientists at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF) have identified a material that demonstrates superlubricity at the macroscale. Computer simulations using the Mira supercomputer have helped advance the design for a near-frictionless material.
By Beth Ellison
23 Jul 2015
A research team has developed a new hybrid photocatalyst that utilizes visible light to break down BPAs. This catalyst could be used for safe disposal of BPAs and other similar materials, and for treating water supplies.
By Beth Ellison
23 Jul 2015
A new material has been developed at University of Texas at Arlington by mixing ceramics and modifying molecular structures. The advanced material is less brittle but retains the strength of ceramics, and is hoped to find application in power plants and on spacecraft.
By Beth Ellison
23 Jul 2015
Deben, a leading provider of in-situ testing stages together with innovative accessories and components for electron microscopy, report on the use of the CT500 tensile stage in the X-ray microtomography laboratory at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia.
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA, combines Raman microscopy with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to study archaeological textiles and fibres.
The EyeVision image processing software by EVT can now also inspect defects on threads. Male as well as female threads. The images are best captured with a super wide angle lens, in case of female threads.