In a new research paper published in the Royal Society journal Interface, biology professor Kellar Autumn from Lewis + Clark College shows how the nano-hairs on gecko toes can reveal new insights into the fundamental nature of friction and adhesion.
Subsea valve solutions provider Oliver Valvetek Ltd has introduced an innovative in-line gate valve to their existing comprehensive product range. The concept was developed in conjunction with a leading subsea tree manuf...
Corus Construction & Engineering Products (CEP) has secured a £250,000 contract to supply its innovative Vetex Highway Safety Barriers for two major UK highways projects – Weymouth Relief Road and the A1073 from Spalding to Eye – providing drivers with the highest levels of protection.
QProducts announces that the QDesk, the first eco friendly school desk that offers students an important lesson for the future has been nominated for its innovative product design as a contestant in an international design competition taking place in Chicago, IL.
Tensairity elements made of air filled membrane assemblies, rods and cables have already made a name for themselves in the construction world as extremely light yet strong load-bearing structures. But is this new technology also suitable for use in the aerospace industry, for example to create novel wings for kites?
Molecules with five-fold symmetry arrange themselves on a surface as a two-dimensional crystal, although theoretically this ought not to be possible.
Material scientists are developing composites which are made of dissimilar materials in order to be able to offer new customised application profiles. Researchers at the Vienna University of Technology (TU) have examined promising metal-matrix composites, which are very good conductors of heat and are able to withstand mechanical loads at elevated temperatures of up to 550 degrees and expand only very little with increasing temperature.
PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P. a leading manufacturer of nanopositioning and precision motion control equipment for the optics, photonics, semiconductor, bio/nanotechnology and medical industries, is ramping up its manufacturing capabilities in the US.
The German automotive supplier ElringKlinger has developed a production-ready, multifunctional car oil pan made of a grade of glass-fiber-reinforced DuPont Zytel nylon resin optimized for use in engine compartments. In a...
Rice University's Andrew Barron and his group, working with labs in Italy, Germany and Greece, have identified specific molecules that could block the means by which the deadly virus spreads by taking away its ability to bind with other proteins.
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