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Georgia Tech Serves as a Vital Partner to Rebuild America's Semiconductor Infrastructure

The world's dependence on semiconductors came into sharp focus in 2021, when automotive manufacturing ground to a halt because of massive computer chip shortages – as Asian suppliers couldn't keep up with demand for microelectronics – miniaturized electronic circuits and components that drive everything from smartphones to new vehicle components to hypersonics weapons systems.

20 Dec 2021

Smooth Hydrophobic Coatings may Improve the Efficiency of Anti-Icing Fluids

Icing poses a hazard to aircraft and is usually prevented with anti-icing fluids and hydrophobic coatings that reduce wettability and do not allow water to freeze on the aircraft surface.

20 Dec 2021

New Processing Methods Could Help Lessen the Looming Shortages of Essential Metals

New processing methods developed by MIT researchers could help ease looming shortages of the essential metals that power everything from phones to automotive batteries, by making it easier to separate these rare metals from mining ores and recycled materials.

20 Dec 2021

Novel Artificial Photosynthesis Device Increases Commercial Viability of Renewable Fuels

A research team has developed a new artificial photosynthesis device with remarkable stability and longevity as it converts sunlight and carbon dioxide into two promising sources of renewable fuels – ethylene and hydrogen.

20 Dec 2021

Optimizing the Performance of Fuel Cells by Activating Lattice Oxygen in Perovskite Oxide

To optimize the performance of fuel cells, a golden ratio must be found. Recently, a Korean research team has uncovered that the performance of fuel cells varies depending on the Co-doping level.

20 Dec 2021

4B Group Strengthens its Position in Europe with New French Office & Warehouse

4B France, subsidiary of the 4B Group, a worldwide manufacturer of components for bucket elevators and conveyors and electronic monitoring equipment, has just celebrated the inauguration of its new facilities, a brand-new purpose-built office and warehouse complex, situated just 6km from the company’s old premises.

From 4B Braime Components Ltd. 20 Dec 2021

4B Milli-Speed 4 - 20 mA Analog Output Speed Sensor – ATEX / IECEx / CCCEx Version Now Available

4B has just launched an ATEX / IECEx / CCC approved version of its popular Milli-Speed, a loop powered 4 - 20 mA analogue output speed switch for PLC, DCS or stand-alone controllers.

From 4B Braime Components Ltd. 20 Dec 2021

Fiber-Shaped DEA for Use in Soft Robotics

In a recent study published in the journal Polymers, researchers from Japan developed dielectric elastomer fiber actuators for soft robotics and tested them in a self-fabricated jellyfish-type robot.

By Chinmay Saraf 20 Dec 2021

Removing Pollutants with Nano Bioremediation

The increasing concentration of organic and inorganic pollutants could effectively be controlled by a combination of bioremediation and nanotechnology, according to the latest research in the Journal of Hazardous Materials.

By Ibtisam Abbasi 20 Dec 2021

Freeze Concentration Technology to Recover Nutrients from Digestate

A new paper presented in the journal Sustainability aims to explore the potential use of freeze concentration technology in recovering nutrients from digestate.

By Adrian Thompson 20 Dec 2021

Study Proves Sodium-Ion Batteries are Vital Alternatives for Lithium-Ion Batteries

Sodium-ion batteries are a stimulating substitute for post-lithium energy storage even though their high-efficiency anode materials are still limited.

17 Dec 2021

High Intensity LED Module for Photochemical Flow Applications

Borealis™ from Uniqsis is a new high intensity LED lamp unit, available in a range of fixed wavelengths (370, 410, 440, 460 and 520 nm), that converts their Cold Coil™ standalone reactor module into a flow reactor for photochemical applications.

From Uniqsis Ltd 17 Dec 2021

Fast & Effective Sample Preparation for Bioremediation

BioChromato Inc. reports how its Smart Evaporator C1 has improved sample preparation of microbial degradation culture media samples as part of a new bioremediation technique developed by a leading Japanese Environmental Research Center.

From BioChromato Inc. 17 Dec 2021

New All-Season Roof Coating Outperforms Commercial Cool-Roof Systems in Energy Savings

Scientists have developed an all-season smart-roof coating that keeps homes warm during the winter and cool during the summer – without consuming natural gas or electricity.

17 Dec 2021

Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell Based C1 Molecules Conversion may be a Promising Strategy Toward Sustainable Fuels Production

Even though the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) concluded in a storm of controversies, the world's growing energy crisis and environmental pollution (e.g., the global 36.7 billion metric tons of CO2 emission per year) are realities that scientists and human society have to confront.

17 Dec 2021

Materials Science News

Georgia Tech Serves as a Vital Partner to Rebuild America's Semiconductor Infrastructure

Smooth Hydrophobic Coatings may Improve the Efficiency of Anti-Icing Fluids

New Processing Methods Could Help Lessen the Looming Shortages of Essential Metals

Novel Artificial Photosynthesis Device Increases Commercial Viability of Renewable Fuels

Optimizing the Performance of Fuel Cells by Activating Lattice Oxygen in Perovskite Oxide

4B Group Strengthens its Position in Europe with New French Office & Warehouse

4B Milli-Speed 4 - 20 mA Analog Output Speed Sensor – ATEX / IECEx / CCCEx Version Now Available

Fiber-Shaped DEA for Use in Soft Robotics

Removing Pollutants with Nano Bioremediation

Freeze Concentration Technology to Recover Nutrients from Digestate

Study Proves Sodium-Ion Batteries are Vital Alternatives for Lithium-Ion Batteries

High Intensity LED Module for Photochemical Flow Applications

Fast & Effective Sample Preparation for Bioremediation

New All-Season Roof Coating Outperforms Commercial Cool-Roof Systems in Energy Savings

Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell Based C1 Molecules Conversion may be a Promising Strategy Toward Sustainable Fuels Production

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