Cellular decoys distract coronavirus
30 June 2020David Bradley
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) says that up to one in six jobs in the UK auto market are at risk of redundancy.
29 June 2020
DSM plans to acquire parts of the 3D printing business of Clariant, a specialty chemical company.
29 June 2020
Chemicals company Lanxess says that it is taking part at the Plastics in Automotive Engineering (PIAE) show, taking place virtually from 28-29 July 2020.
29 June 2020
Laserax, based in Quebec, Canada, has reportedly developed a new fiber laser that can treat any metal surface with cleaning, texturing and hardening.
29 June 2020
A new film made of gold nanoparticles can change color in response to any type of movement, including bending or twisting.
29 June 2020
Researchers have developed a portable pyroelectric technology that generates electricity from the catalytic combustion of methanol.
29 June 2020
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At the general assembly of the Japan Powder Metallurgy Association Nobuhiro Hashimoto of Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd was elected president.
26 June 2020
Composite manufacturer TRB Lightweight Structures says that it is offering a composites technician apprenticeship scheme for new employees.
26 June 2020
By utilizing a seed crystal, researchers have succeeded in printing functional light-emitting diodes from a hybrid perovskite solution.
26 June 2020
New research shows that certain combinations of 2D materials let holes and electrons combine into excitons at the materials' ground state.
26 June 2020
An official call for presentations has been announced for MIM2021, the International Conference on Injection Molding of Metals, Ceramics and Carbides.
25 June 2020
The EPMA and Fraunhofer Institute have set the date for their five-day additive manufacturing (AM) training week.
25 June 2020
Using tiny polystyrene beads arranged in a crystalline lattice, researchers have discovered that impurities play a major role in the melting process.
25 June 2020
Researchers have developed a method for self-assembling nanostructures with gamma-modified peptide nucleic acid, a synthetic mimic of DNA.
25 June 2020
The MPIF says that its virtual basic powder metallurgy (PM) short course now has additional start times, due to increased demand.
24 June 2020
H C Starck reports that its tungsten powders business has been acquired by Masan Resources, based in Vietnam.
24 June 2020
Scott Bader Australia Pty Ltd has acquired the assets of its distributor, Summit Composites Pty Ltd.
24 June 2020
AOC Resins has appointed Stefan Osterwind as its new managing director EMEA.
24 June 2020
By tuning the assembly process of bottlebrush-shaped polymers, a new 3D printing process can produce multiple colors from a single ink.
24 June 2020
Researchers have detected signatures of a cascade of energy transitions that could help explain how superconductivity arises in magic-angle graphene.
24 June 2020
The demand for aluminum powder in the 3D printing market could grow from US$147 million in 2018 to over US$695 million in 2023.
23 June 2020
Magnum Venus Products (MVP) has added another distributor, MVP Australia Pty.
23 June 2020
Composites UK will be holding a webinar on business development in the post-Covid19 market on 29 June 2020.
23 June 2020
PM experts Randall M German and Animesh Bose have released a new book titled Binder and Polymer Assisted Powder Processing.
23 June 2020
New structural supercapacitor electrode produced from nanofiber materials
23 June 2020Laurie Donaldson
How to boost the tin in your GeSn semiconductor alloys
23 June 2020David Bradley
The supervisory board of BASF SE has elected Dr Kurt Bock as its new chair.
22 June 2020
Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems says that it has recently rebuilt a continuous mesh belt brazing furnace for an automotive parts supplier in Mexico.
22 June 2020
new reaction process uses light to trigger the growth of polymer layers on a metal nanoparticle
22 June 2020Cordelia Sealy
Polymer coating could help biomedical devices and crop sprays
22 June 2020Laurie Donaldson
Natural multifunctional green composite coating improves on conventional coatings
22 June 2020Laurie Donaldson
Exel Composites has appointed Kari Loukola as the senior vice president of its Belgian business unit.
19 June 2020
SGL has reported group sales revenues of €247 million, approximately 15% below the prior year’s level.
19 June 2020
Carpenter says that it plans to reduce around 20% of the company’s total global salaried positions.
19 June 2020
Scientists have developed an open-source program called SEMseg to count and characterize nanoparticles from scanning electron microscope images.
19 June 2020
New polymer materials for 3D printing can switch between different shapes in response to changes in temperature, electric current or stress.
19 June 2020
The Chemical Coaters Association International (CCAI) and the Powder Coating Institute (PCI) have postponed their joint annual meeting.
18 June 2020
Reinforcement specialist Kordsa has carried out testing of process-induced residual stresses when processing thermoset polymer composites.
18 June 2020
Composites UK, the trade association for the UK composites industry, has launched an annual report detailing the growth and changes of its supply chain.
18 June 2020
Novel silk-based inks can respond to and quantify chemicals released from the body or in the surrounding environment by changing color.
18 June 2020
The spontaneous formation of hollow structures in nanoscale antimony crystals could increase the energy density of lithium-ion batteries.
18 June 2020
Composites UK says that it is looking for individuals from its member companies to form part of its board of directors from 2020-2022.
17 June 2020
Umicore has received a €125 million loan from European Investment Bank (EIB) to help finance its cathode materials plant in Nysa, Poland.
17 June 2020
Wall Colmonoy has reportedly invested £500,000 in its research and development lab in Pontardawe, Wales.
17 June 2020
By combining tandem repeat proteins with the 2D material MXene, researchers have produced a composite material with novel electrical properties.
17 June 2020
Researchers have found a new way to control harmful fungi, by developing polymer coatings that resist the attachment of these fungi.
17 June 2020
Owens Corning has reportedly received the 2020 Women’s Choice Award, which recognizes the company’s roofing brand.
16 June 2020
Spirit AeroSystems has received a US$80 million grant from the US Department of Defense (DoD) to expand its US production.
16 June 2020
Hardmetal cutting tool specialist Ceratizit has reportedly invested a new electric press for powder metal processing.
16 June 2020
A novel metasurface can operate as many birefringent materials in parallel, allowing more compact manipulation of light polarization.
16 June 2020
Researchers have shown how the rotational motion of negative ions in a solid-state electrolyte can help drive the motion of positive lithium ions.
16 June 2020
Chemical company INEOS has developed a new software aimed at improving boat design.
15 June 2020
The British Plastics Federation (BPF) has re-elected Martin Althorpe for a second year in office as president, until May 2021.
15 June 2020
IDTechEx has made available a webinar focuses on key technological developments occurring within the Li-ion market.
15 June 2020
Malvern Panalytical, a supplier of analytical instrumentation and software, has opened a new application center in Shanghai, China.
15 June 2020
By combining them with fluorescent molecules, researchers have, for the first time, been able to study the real-time dynamics of boron nitride nanotubes.
15 June 2020
Researchers have developed a theoretical foundation and computational tools for accurately predicting the spin dynamics of any material.
15 June 2020
The organizers of Composites for Europe, previously Composites Europe, have appointed Dr Hans-Christian Früh as the event’s new project manager.
12 June 2020
ASTM's Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence (AM CoE) and America Makes have published a guide to improving AM data.
12 June 2020
GKN Powder Metallurgy says that it is preparing for post-Covid-19 operation conditions and business environment.
12 June 2020
A novel silicon-ion battery with a layered metal oxide cathode and a liquid electrolyte works as well as some lithium-ion batteries.
12 June 2020
Inspired by the Japanese art of paper cutting, engineers have designed a friction-boosting material that could be used to coat the bottom of shoes.
12 June 2020
The EPMA has moved its headquarters La Maison des Associations Internationales, in Brussels, France.
11 June 2020
The MPIF says that its basic PM short course will be held online, from 10–12 August 2020.
11 June 2020
Plastics technology center AIMPLAS plans to hold four webinars on 15, 16, 17 and 18 June.
11 June 2020
Solvay and Leonardo have signed a material supply agreement for programs in Leonardo’s aerostructures, aircraft, helicopters and electronics divisions.
11 June 2020
Applying a magnetic field to small particles of nickel suspended at the surface of water causes them to assemble into a novel active material.
11 June 2020
At very high temperatures and pressures, nitrogen can adopt the same 2D crystalline structure as black phosphorus.
11 June 2020
The EPMA reports that Euro PM2020 will still go ahead, but will take place online.
10 June 2020
Kordsa has introduced a new range of prepreg systems which it says can help overcome whitespot and waterspot problems.
10 June 2020
Forward AM has formed a partnership with HP to promote digital manufacturing, an integrated approach to manufacturing centered around a computer system.
10 June 2020
Computer simulations have revealed that the polarization of ferroelectric nanoparticles adopts a geometrical structure of knots called a Hopfion.
10 June 2020
Using a magnetic nanocomposite coating, researchers have developed a highly porous smart sponge that selectively soaks up oil in water.
10 June 2020
BASF says that it has begun construction of a new engineering plastics plant in Guangdong, China.
9 June 2020
The EPSRC Future Composites Manufacturing Research Hub has appointed Alex Hammond as its deputy manager.
9 June 2020
The 12th International Conference on Porous Metals and Metallic Foams (MetFoam 2021), will now be held from 23-25 June 2021, in Dresden, Germany.
9 June 2020
America Makes has announced a virtual conference focusing on additive manufacturing (AM) with regards to the supply chain and distributed manufacturing.
9 June 2020
By inserting metal atoms between transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers, researchers have created a whole new library of 2D materials.
9 June 2020
A felt of nickel microfibers has the optimum combination of surface area and bubble release for producing hydrogen via electrolysis.
9 June 2020
Composites UK plans to host a peer reviewed international academic conference on fiber polymer composite materials for construction and infrastructure.
8 June 2020
Sigma Engineering and other companies say that they have begun full speed production of injection molded face masks made of liquid silicone rubber (LSR).
8 June 2020
Gurit says that the closure of its Zullwil aerospace plant will take place several months earlier than originally planned.
8 June 2020
3D printing company Protolabs has issued a report which suggests that, post-Covid 19, there will be more investment into the testing of robots and drones.
8 June 2020
The Powder Coating Institute (PCI) has appointed Mike Withers of Axalta Coating Systems to its 2020 board of directors.
8 June 2020
3D printing company Materialise has launched Mindware, an advisory service covering the use of 3D printing to address companies’ business needs.
8 June 2020
Scientists have uncovered evidence that the 2D material tungsten ditelluride conducts electricity in very narrow channels at its outer edges.
8 June 2020
Researchers have discovered that carbon atoms in the ceramic material silicon carbide collect at grain boundaries when it is exposed to radiation.
8 June 2020
Slippery kidney stone test
5 June 2020David Bradley
Cracking bonds with boranes
5 June 2020David Bradley
Sandvik has completed its previously announced acquisition of the cutting tools division of Quimmco Centro Tecnológico (QCT).
4 June 2020
Höganäs says that its PM plant has been able to reduce its energy consumption by 2.5 million KWh.
4 June 2020
Researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence system that can determine material properties such as toughness in a matter of milliseconds.
4 June 2020
For the first time, researchers have synthesized large-scale 2D conjugated polymers, and thoroughly characterized their electronic properties.
4 June 2020
Engine production in the UK declined 99.5% in April 2020, as the Covid-19 lockdown halted manufacturing, the SMMT said.
3 June 2020
Polygon Composites Technology has appointed Zach Wills as its new vice president of sales and marketing.
3 June 2020
Elementum 3D has been issued patents in the US, Canada, and Australia for its 3D printing core technology.
3 June 2020
OCSiAl says that its TUBALL graphene nanotubes have been used to reinforce and improve grain pipes.
3 June 2020
Scientists have used graphene to help develop an opal-like crystalline material that could be the cornerstone of next generation smart sensors.
3 June 2020
hollow carbon loaded with drugs can be given a boost by bombarding them with microwaves and laser irradiation to treat tumors
3 June 2020Cordelia Sealy
Carpenter Technology has reported net sales for Q3 2020 of US$585.4 million, down from US$609.9 million in Q3 2019.
2 June 2020
Plastics organization AIMPLAS has helped develop a recycling processes based on enzymes that could break down plastics by 70%.
2 June 2020
Researchers have discovered that adding graphene to the carbon fiber production process can greatly increase the strengthen of the material.
2 June 2020
The transport of electronic charge in a strontium ruthenate superconductor breaks the rotational symmetry of the underlying crystal lattice.
2 June 2020
Carpenter Technology reports that it has idled two powder metal (PM) production facilities in the US in order to mitigate the impact of Covid-19.
1 June 2020
MPIF has released a new materials standard designation code and property data for sinter hardened steel.
1 June 2020
Physicists have found surprising evidence that an electronic state known as the quantum Hall effect could be ‘reincarnated’ in 3D topological materials.
1 June 2020