Arizona State University researcher Petra Fromme has been awarded the 2021 Christian B. Anfinsen Award in honor of her contribution to the field of protein research. She has developed the use of ultra-high-speed x-ray crystallography to investigate protein structures in fine-grain detail and the shortest time durations.
By Sarah Moore
26 May 2021
Researchers at the Forest Products Research and Development Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-FPRDI) in the Philippines have developed a method of bamboo preservation that utilizes a hot oil treatment.
By Sarah Moore
26 May 2021
In 2009, researchers at Anton Paar Germany utilized a rheometer linked to a tribology cell to effectively examine the tribological functionality of numerous greases. In a recent study, scientists used a similar analytical set up to investigate the grinding of various coated abrasives.
By Brett Smith
26 May 2021
Originally driven by a reputation for fatal accidents, the oil and gas industry has been at the vanguard of NDT development, first and foremost, to ensure safety.
By John McAleese
25 May 2021
Tribology is being leveraged to address the problem of CO2 emissions by limiting the amount of unnecessary energy utilized by mechanisms.
By Sarah Moore
25 May 2021
A team has engineered a new material that prevents wound infections and works against all types of bacteria, including antibiotic-resistant ones.
By Kerry Taylor-Smith
20 May 2021
Advances in machine learning can lead to the deployment of increasingly reliable non-destructive testing (NDT) to inspect pressure vessels.
By Zita Zachariah
18 May 2021
A few of the more significant recent developments are in the areas of lubrication, biotribology, high temperature tribology and computer simulations.
By Brett Smith
18 May 2021
Non-destructive testing (NTD) combines physics, maths, biology, and chemistry to create ways of testing materials that leave them completely undamaged. This article looks at the types of NDT techniques and why they are important.
By Kerry Taylor-Smith
13 May 2021
This article goes into depth about why particle size analysis is important when manufacturing ceramics and how scientists carry out this type of analysis.
By Sarah Moore
12 May 2021