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Food Additive Used as Self-Healing System for Damaged Polymers

Adding a food additive to damaged polymers can help restore them to full strength, say scientists at the University of Illinois who cooked up the novel, self-healing system. The repair process, in which solvent-fille...

16 Oct 2008

Alro Receives NADCAP Certification for Heat Treatment and Testing of Aerospace Products

Alro SA, the largest aluminium producer in Central and Eastern Europe, today announces that it has received the NADCAP (National Aerospace and Defence Contractor Accreditation Programme) performance certification for con...

15 Oct 2008

Nanocomp Technologies Receives Technology Innovation Award for Materials and Base Technologies

Nanocomp Technologies, Inc., a developer of energy-saving component products and performance materials, today announced it has received the 2008 Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Award for materials and base tech...

15 Oct 2008

PPG to Supply Electrochromic Shades for New Beechcraft Passenger Airplane

PPG Industries’
aerospace transparencies business and Gentex Corporation will supply electrochromic
window shade systems to Hawker Beechcraft Corporation for the passenger-cabin
windows of the 2010 Beechcraft King Air 350i airplane, according to PPG, Gentex
and HBC officials.

From PPG Industries Inc. 7 Oct 2008

First Manned Airplane Powered Exclusively by Fuel Cells

At the Stuttgart airport, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) presented the first manned airplane that can take-off and fly exclusively with a fuel cell. The innovative fuel cell, based on a high temperature polymer electr...

3 Oct 2008

Advanced Composites Group to Perform Ground-Breaking Research into Turbine Generators

Derbyshire-based Advanced Composites Group Ltd (ACG), part of the Composites Division of Umeco plc, is to play a major role in two ground-breaking research and development projects into turbine generators that could have...

2 Oct 2008

Textron to Build New Manufacturing Facility in Chihuahua

Textron Inc. announced that it will expand its operations in Mexico through an agreement with the State of Chihuahua to develop and build a new manufacturing facility, which will operate as Textron International Mexico (...

1 Oct 2008

Honeycomb Material Could Silence Commercial and Military Jet Aircraft

To address the noise problems associated with commercial and military jet aircraft engineers are looking to use a honeycomb-like structures composed of many tiny tubes and using a process called viscous shear.

1 Oct 2008

MIT Solves 100-Year Old Fluid Mechanic Problem

Now, in work that could lead to ways of controlling the effect with potential impacts on fuel efficiency and more, MIT scientists and colleagues have reported new mathematical and experimental work for predicting where that aerodynamic separation will occur. The research solves "a century-old problem in the field of fluid mechanics"

26 Sep 2008

New Graphene Material Set to Improve Nanoelectronics and Energy Storage

A new "graphene-based" material that helps solve the structure of graphite oxide and could lead to other potential discoveries of the one-atom thick substance called graphene, which has applications in nanoelec...

26 Sep 2008

Editorial Highlights

The Current State of the Global Semiconductor Market

The global semiconductor market has entered an exciting period. Demand for chip technology is both driving the industry as well as hindering it, with current chip shortages predicted to last for some time. Current trends will likely shape the future of the industry, which is set to continue to show

How are Graphene Batteries Made?

The primary distinction between graphene-based batteries and solid-state batteries lies in the composition of either electrode. Although the cathode is commonly changed, carbon allotropes can also be employed in fabricating anodes.

What Role Will The IoT Play In The Electric Vehicle Industry?

In recent years, the IoT is rapidly being introduced into almost all sectors, but it has particular importance in the EV industry.

Aerospace Materials News

Food Additive Used as Self-Healing System for Damaged Polymers

Alro Receives NADCAP Certification for Heat Treatment and Testing of Aerospace Products

Nanocomp Technologies Receives Technology Innovation Award for Materials and Base Technologies

PPG to Supply Electrochromic Shades for New Beechcraft Passenger Airplane

First Manned Airplane Powered Exclusively by Fuel Cells

Advanced Composites Group to Perform Ground-Breaking Research into Turbine Generators

Textron to Build New Manufacturing Facility in Chihuahua

Honeycomb Material Could Silence Commercial and Military Jet Aircraft

MIT Solves 100-Year Old Fluid Mechanic Problem

New Graphene Material Set to Improve Nanoelectronics and Energy Storage

Insights into the Role of Benchtop NMR in Biofluid Analysis with Philippe Wilson

Particle Size Analysis: Focus on the Essentials with the New Camsizer S1

The Inaugural STEM Marketing Awards – An Interview with Alexandra Balazs, Managing Director at Prolific North

High-Resolution Industrial X-Ray CT Scanner

The TABER V-5 Stiffness Tester

The PinAAcle 900 Spectrometer Series: Cutting-Edge Precision for Atomic Absorption

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What are the Manufacturing Applications of Plasma?

Advancing Manufacturing: The Impact of Photonics Technology

How to Optimize Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling with Handheld XRF

The Versatility of Non-Contacting Seals in Aerospace

Editorial Highlights

The Current State of the Global Semiconductor Market

How are Graphene Batteries Made?

What Role Will The IoT Play In The Electric Vehicle Industry?

Aerospace Materials News

Insights into the Role of Benchtop NMR in Biofluid Analysis with Philippe Wilson

Particle Size Analysis: Focus on the Essentials with the New Camsizer S1

The Inaugural STEM Marketing Awards – An Interview with Alexandra Balazs, Managing Director at Prolific North

1New Material Removes Toxic Metals from Water

2Active Lamb Wave Energy Analysis of Debonding Defects in Polymer-Rubber Structures

3AI-Powered Catalyst Design for Efficient Hydrogen Generation, Carbon Capture, and Energy Storage

4Revealing the Underlying Mechanism of Battery Self-Discharge

5Novel Binder Improves Ion Diffusion in Sodium-Ion Batteries

6New Material Offers Protection Against Space Radiation

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