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SDK Develops Wet-Resistant Heat-Conductive Aluminum Nitride Filler

Showa Denko has developed wet-resistant heat-conductive aluminum nitride filler to be used as heat-radiation filler for semiconductor devices. SDK has started to offer samples of the aluminum nitride filler.

From Resonac Corporation 16 Jul 2020

Motorsport Inspired Technology to Aid Future Combat Aircraft Development

BAE Systems and Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) have joined forces to explore how battery management and cooling technologies from the motorsport industry could be exploited to deliver efficiency and performance gain...

From Williams Advanced Engineering Limited 16 Jul 2020

Eaton’s Vehicle Group Leveraging Industry 4.0 Technology to Navigate COVID-19 Pandemic

Power management company Eaton today announced its Vehicle Group has been leveraging advanced Industry 4.0 technology to help its global operations safely navigate the ongoing COVID-19 crisis and continue to service its customers.

From Eaton Corporation 16 Jul 2020

Toshiba Launches Constant-Current 2-Phase Stepping Motor Driver for Automotive Applications

Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation ("Toshiba") has launched “TB9120AFTG,” a constant-current 2-phase stepping motor driver for automotive applications.

From Toshiba America, Inc. 16 Jul 2020

Deep Fake Videos, Imploding Watermelons, and Sautéed Spiders: a Taste of National Science Week

Workshops on conserving endangered honeyeaters, lessons in making sourdough bread, insights into Indigenous astronomy – the range of events in this year’s National Science Week is vast.

16 Jul 2020

Borealis Fibremod Technology Enables Flexible Designs with Reduced Weight and Cost in Automotive Applications

Borealis, a leading supplier of innovative polyolefin plastic materials for engineering applications in the automotive industry announces the availability of FibremodTM, its innovative carbon and glass fiber-reinforced polypropylene (PP) technology, for the North American automotive market.

From Borealis AG 16 Jul 2020

New UL 1709-Certified Sherwin-Williams Intumescent Coating Optimises Specifications to Reduce Costs

Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine has expanded its line of time-tested FIRETEX® passive fire protection coatings with a solution that optimises applications and reduces costs by enabling precise coating thickness specifications for onshore assets.

16 Jul 2020

Scientists Identify Higher-Order Topological Insulator in 2D Crystal

Over the last decade, the field of condensed matter physics has experienced a golden age with the discovery of new materials and properties, and related technologies being developed at breakneck speed thanks to the arrival of topological physics. Topological physics took off in 2008 with the discovery of topological insulator, a type of material that is electrically insulating in the bulk but metallic on the surface.

16 Jul 2020

Transition to Renewable Energy Future can Lead to Long-Term Economic Benefits

Making the transition to a renewable energy future will have environmental and long-term economic benefits and is possible in terms of energy return on energy invested (EROI), UNSW Sydney researchers have found.

16 Jul 2020

Researchers Develop New Concept for Transparent Multicolor Electrochromic Displays

Multicolour electrochromic displays are one of the most versatile applications because they can retain their coloured states without the need to supply electrical power. However, the simultaneous colouration of the counter layer when operating a conventional electrochromic display restricts the colour overlay effects.

16 Jul 2020

Curium Element can be Manipulated to Greater Degree Than Previously Thought

New research shows that one of the heaviest known elements can be manipulated to a greater degree than previously thought, potentially paving the way for new strategies to recycle nuclear fuel and better long-term storage of radioactive elements.

16 Jul 2020

Nacre-Like Material is Stronger and Tougher Than Previous Mimics

In the summer, many people enjoy walks along the beach looking for seashells. Among the most prized are those that contain iridescent mother of pearl (also known as nacre) inside. But many beachcombers would be surprised to learn that shimmery nacre is one of nature's strongest, most resilient materials. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Nano have made a material with interlocked mineral layers that resembles nacre and is stronger and tougher than previous mimics.

16 Jul 2020

Researchers Create Self-Assembled "Polycatenanes"

An international research group led by Chiba University Professor Shiki Yagai has for the first time succeeded in forming self-assembled "polycatenanes," which are structures comprised of mechanically interlocked small molecule rings.

16 Jul 2020

Low-Cost Catalyst Helps Synthesize Metal-Free Ammonia

Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed a new catalyst for synthesizing ammonia that does not comprise rare metals. By exploring a new design concept based around nitrogen vacancies, they created an inexpensive catalyst from abundantly available elements that still achieves state-of-the-art performance.

16 Jul 2020

Liquid Crystal Elastomer Technology Helps Build Remotely Controlled Functional Structures

Researchers at the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, used the liquid crystal elastomer technology to demonstrate a series of micro-tools grown on optical fibers. The 200-micrometer gripers are controlled remotely, without electric wiring or pneumatic tubing, with green light delivered through the fibers - absorbed light energy is directly converted into the gripper jaws' action.

16 Jul 2020