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LLNL Researchers Explore Laser Beam Shaping to Address Porosity and Defects in Metal 3D Printing

While laser-based 3D printing techniques have revolutionized the production of metal parts by greatly expanding design complexity, the laser beams traditionally used in metal printing have drawbacks that can lead to defects and poor mechanical performance.

23 Sep 2021

Researchers Attempt to Replicate Natural Process Involved in Creating Complex Structures

Complex natural formations such as arc-shaped rocks or star-shaped sand dunes can seem to be purposefully formed by men. Researchers have considered that a specific combination of random and chaotic energy fields can, over an extended time, give birth to these types of distinct formations.

23 Sep 2021

Tornado Spectral Systems Introduces New Process Raman Analyzer

Tornado Spectral Systems Inc., a leading manufacturer of Raman analyzers for process monitoring, announces the launch of Process Guardian, its next-generation analyzer.

From Tornado Spectral Systems 23 Sep 2021

From AI to the Smallest Housed Camera: Product Innovations from IDS

With the introduction of uEye XCP, uEye XLE, and Ensenso S, camera specialist IDS proves that industrial-grade image processing technology does not have to be expensive. New helpful tools, such as attention maps, illustrate how the camera AI works and makes decisions.

From IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH 23 Sep 2021

Developing Efficient Cooling Technologies Could Help Avoid Energy Cold Crunch

Covalent organic polymers can adsorb three times more refrigerant than the best available alternatives, resulting in more efficient cooling.

22 Sep 2021

Researchers Provide New Insight into Formation of Vortices in 2D Superfluid

Researchers at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory have new insight about the formation of vortices in a type of quantum fluid, work that could help our comprehension of the physics mystery of how vortex clusters form and provide valuable understanding into the atmospheric swirling motion on planets such as Earth and Jupiter.

22 Sep 2021

KAUST Develops Cheap and Energy-Efficient Method for Separating Light Hydrocarbons

An electrochemical approach developed at KAUST produces molecular-sieving membranes that could enable a cheap energy-efficient separation of light hydrocarbons, such as olefins and paraffins.

22 Sep 2021

Researcher Investigates How Length of Supramolecular Polymers Change

Researchers are familiar with details regarding the systems made of one supramolecular polymer, but they are yet to understand those with the combination of multiple supramolecular polymers; for example, the factors that affect the length of the resulting copolymers.

22 Sep 2021

Researchers Measure Transverse Electrical Resistivity of Single Carbon Fiber

Carbon fiber reinforced polymer composite structures have a highly crucial role in energy generation, aerospace, transportation, and infrastructure.

22 Sep 2021

Panacol Develop New Epoxy Adhesive for Bonding Magnets

Panacol has developed a new epoxy adhesive for bonding magnets.Structalit® 5858 is a modified, one-component epoxy resin adhesive that was developed specifically for bonding magnets into electric motors. Its high bond strength and impact resistance ensures reliable bonding.

From Hoenle AG 22 Sep 2021

Scientists Explain the Effect of Particles on Rough Surfaces During Sputtering

If you want to remove a layer of paint from a metal surface, you can use a sandblaster: Countless grains of sand are blasted onto the surface, and what emerges is clean metal. "

21 Sep 2021

NYU Chemist Awarded DOE Grant for Research on "Upcycling" Poly Acrylic Acid

Tianning Diao's lab is pioneering methods to upcycle poly(acrylic acid), turning plastic waste into high-value materials and reducing environmental impact.

21 Sep 2021

Study Reveals how Water Molecules Assemble and Change Shape in Some Settings

Chemical engineers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign now understand how water molecules assemble and change shape in some settings, revealing a new strategy to speed up chemical reactions critical to industry and environmental sustainability.

21 Sep 2021

Simple Cooling Device can Harness Solar Energy to Provide Low-Cost Refrigeration and Living Space Cooling

A simple cooling system driven by the capture of passive solar energy could provide low-cost food refrigeration and living space cooling for impoverished communities with no access to the electricity grid.

21 Sep 2021

New Photocatalysis-Membrane System to Remove Membrane Fouling

Membrane fouling, derived from the interaction between membrane materials and various contaminants, leads to reduction in membrane permselectivity and limits long-term continuous application of the membrane.

21 Sep 2021