Manufacturing Technology Could Transform Production of Critical Components. If a coffee cup fails to survive an unexpected engagement with gravity, its replacement is just a few dollars away. But not all ceramics or metals can afford to fail – the precision components inside a nuclear reactor,...
Putting the Pedal to the Metal Crossing the Solid-liquid Interface. Most metal alloys are prone to corrosion, which costs hundreds of billions of dollars of damage annually in the U.S. alone. Accurately predicting corrosion rates is a long-standing goal of corrosion science, but these rates...
New Catalysts Steer Hydrogen Fuel Cells into Mainstream. Cornell University chemists have discovered a class of nonprecious metal derivatives that can catalyze fuel cell reactions about as well as platinum, at a fraction of the cost. This finding brings closer a future where hydrogen fuel cells...
Prof. Li Faxin’s Group Develops World's First DMA for Hard Materials. The Li Faxin Research Group of Peking University College of Engineering developed the world's first dynamic mechanical analyzer (DMA) suitable for hard materials (metals, ceramics, etc.). The instrument is based on the...
Newly Developed Solar Materials Could Uusher in Ultrathin, Lightweight Solar Panel. A race is on in solar engineering to create almost impossibly-thin, flexible solar panels. Engineers imagine them used in mobile applications, from self-powered wearable devices and sensors to lightweight...
New Technology in Metal Recycling. The application of artificial intelligence and cutting-edge sensor technology promises major efficiency gains in the metal scraping industry. #News #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #WasteManagement #Metals #Recycling #GreenTechnology
Technology Breakthrough as Northvolt Produces First Ever Lithium-ion Battery Cell with 100% Recycled Nickel, Manganese and Cobalt. One of the criticisms of lithium-ion batteries has long been that they cannot be recycled, that each new battery therefore requires fossil-fuel-powered energy...
Quicker, More Precise Way to Find Metallic Glasses. Metallic glasses are being developed for a broad range of applications. The relatively new material is stronger than even the best metals, but with the pliability of plastic. However, finding the right elements to make metallic glasses has...
Bringing Real-time, Fine-scale, Subsurface Quality Control to 3D Printing. 3D printing is revolutionizing manufacturing by wasting much less material and energy than that by conventional machining and production line assembly. Now, researchers from Japan have made a discovery that will help...
New, Environmentally Friendly Method to Extract and Separate Rare Earth Elements. A new method improves the extraction and separation of rare earth elements—a group of 17 elements critical for technologies such as smart phones and electric car batteries—from unconventional sources. New research...