Researchers have designed an optoelectronic camouflage system inspired by cephalod skins, which enables a material to read and adapt to its environment automatically and thus seamlessly blend with its surroundings. This technology has been published in a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science journal.
By Alessandro Pirolini
20 Aug 2014
Goodfellow, an international supplier of high-purity metals and materials for research and industry, has expanded their product offerings with the addition of natural gemstone powders.
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Peak Scientific are assisting in this venture by donating a Genius NM32LA Nitrogen gas generator to support Waters’ contribution of a Bruker HCT Ultra (LC/MS) system to be installed in Nepal.
Typical materials development and qualification times for flight critical components are in the range of 10-20 years, if successful at all.
The Materials Genome Initiative (MGI) is focused on the key objectives of red...
Taking place in the NEC Arena on November 11th and 12th, Advanced Engineering is a unique industry event that brings together five interrelated engineering communities under one roof.
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is on a mission to drill and collect Martian rock material. It is currently on a target called as “Bonanza King,” which is located in the Gale Crater. The rover team at NASA are currently evaluating the site as a possible drilling target.
By Stuart Milne
20 Aug 2014
Researchers at the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) have successfully developed bionic liquids from by-products obtained from biofuel production. These by-products include hemicellulose and lignin. JBEI is a multi-institutional collaboration headed by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).
By Stuart Milne
20 Aug 2014
Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, the technology leader in Atomic Force Microscopy, has received the prestigious 2014 Microscopy Today Innovation Award for the development of blueDrive™ Photothermal Excitation.
Lead pollution is a constant risk when disposing of batteries. Now a team at MIT have proposed a system capable of recycling materials from old car batteries into durable solar panels. The development uses perovskite technology and could offer an new life for waste battery material.
By Stuart Milne
19 Aug 2014
Researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the Wyss Institute have created autonomous robots that follow simple rules to gradually arrange themselves into complex, predetermined shapes.
By Alexander Chilton
19 Aug 2014
Chemists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered a new click chemistry reaction which can be used to make novel plastics, smart materials, drugs and many other products.
By Alexander Chilton
19 Aug 2014
Omniseal Solutions OmniSeal® spring-energized seals have been qualified as a sealing solution in various sections of rotorhead in military helicopters.
Ambrell, a leading manufacturer of induction heating solutions, has released a new line of EKOHEAT induction heating systems, which it will highlight at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS). The show wi...
Nanostructure analysis and measurement of tiny forces between molecules can be effectively performed using atomic force microscopes. Researchers at the Research School of Physics and Engineering of the Australian National University have improved the sensitivity of atomic force microscopes using laser beams.
By Alexander Chilton
18 Aug 2014
One of Japan’s largest manufacturing multinationals has recently ordered two EFD Induction ‘Minac’ mobile induction heating systems.