Scientists at the South China University of Technology have created a new porous ceramic that is ultrastrong at elevated temperatures and simultaneously high thermal insulating, two properties needed for making the shell of hypersonic aircraft.
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The US Navy is seeking to expand its use of cold spray technology to repair and maintain its platforms and improve fleet readiness.
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Flame Spray North America, Italy, a thermal spray coatings manufacturer, announced it is expanding its operations in Laurens County, South Carolina, creating 40 new jobs.
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Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., launched its Intel Core Ultra mobile processors that deliver reimagined power efficiency, world-class compute and graphics performance and the best AI PC experience to mobile platforms and out to the edge.
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Bruker recently announced that it has acquired Nion, a privately-held company that develops and manufactures innovative high-end scanning transmission electron microscopes (STEM). Nion was the first company to introduce aberration correction for STEM instruments with ultra-high stability for highest resolution images, and Nion is the world leader in ultra-high energy and spatial resolution electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS). This acquisition enhances Bruker’s product offerings and technology portfolio in materials science research and provides the technology base for applications in electron diffraction crystallography. In 2023, Nion had approximately $8 million in revenue. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
Located in Kirkland, WA, Nion was founded in 1997 by Dr. Ondrej Krivanek and Dr. Niklas Dellby. Under their leadership, Nion developed into a premier provider for high-end STEMs for researchers in materials science research worldwide.
“We are excited to add the high-end STEM products, the electron microscopy technology, and this new expertise of Nion to Bruker,” said Dr. Frank Burgaezy, the Bruker AXS division president. “Nion has unique products for the most demanding research applications in materials science electron microscopy, and Bruker will offer Nion global market reach as well as collaborations on new developments to enter new applications in electron diffraction crystallography based on Nion electron microscope and Bruker crystallography technologies.”
“With the introduction of aberration correction and ultra-high energy resolution EELS, Nion has revolutionized STEM technology. With our products we have established an excellent reputation among leading scientists around the globe as a provider of high-end STEM products,” added Dr. Ondrej Krivanek, co-founder of Nion. “Our work has given us unique insights into what researchers need. We are very gratified to join Bruker, an internationally esteemed instrumentation company, whose philosophy, culture, and reputation align very closely with our company culture and our research-oriented goals.”
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Responding to the need for better insulating coatings on prismatic battery cells, Coatmaster AG, Switzerland, has developed the Coatmaster 3D noncontact coating thickness measurement system.
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Candace Chan, an associate professor of materials science and engineering in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz., is working on two projects to help alleviate problems in applications that use lithium-ion batteries, such as electric vehicles.
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TSMC, Robert Bosch GmbH, Infineon Technologies AG, and NXP Semiconductors N.V. announced a plan to jointly invest in European Semiconductor Manufacturing Company GmbH, in Dresden, Germany to construct a fab there and provide advanced semiconductor manufacturing services.
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The Air Force and engine builder Pratt & Whitney, East Hartford, Conn., completed a $21 million, fleet-wide retrofit effort for the F-22 Raptor’s dual F119 engines, after identifying a fatigue issue with turbine blades that led to seven class A mishaps, nearly $23 million in damages, but no operational interruption.
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Straits Research, India, recently valued the global thermal spray coating market at $12.26 billion USD in 2022. It is estimated to reach $19.13 billion USD by 2031, growing at a CAGR of 5.06% during the forecast period 2023–2031.
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Sandvik AB, Sweden, has completed the previously announced acquisition of Buffalo Tungsten, Inc., Depew, New York, a leading US based manufacturer of tungsten metal powder and tungsten carbide powder, primarily operating in North America.
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Anew material, created at the little-explored intersection of organic and inorganic chemistry, could not only enable more powerful solar panels, but it could also usher in the next generation of cancer treatments.
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Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, Calif., devised a process to manufacture, test, and demonstrate positive performance results with its new backside power solution called PowerVia, enabling chipmaking to go two-sided for the first time.
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A University of Minnesota-led team has developed a first-of-its-kind, breakthrough method that makes it easier to create high-quality metal oxide thin films out of “stubborn” metals that have historically been difficult to synthesize in an atomically precise manner.
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A research team led by Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass., found that by ditching toxic solvents, a new dry-coating process could make batteries more sustainable and cut manufacturing costs by 15% and energy use by 47%. It could also be faster-charging than today’s electrodes.
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Boeing, Arlington, Va., has begun construction on a new facility to house state-of-the-art, post-assembly phases of future military aircraft production.
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To shield steel from the corrosive threats posed by sea air, Sandia National Laboratories researchers tested a variety of nickel mixtures as protective coatings on stainless steel. The researchers found that the specific material applied, and the specific application process used, impacted the properties of the coating, including how protective it was against corrosion.
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Scientists have achieved a breakthrough in the development of non-volatile phase change memory.
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The Midwest Microelectronics Consortium, a multi-state, regional initiative led by Ohio and dedicated to advancing the research and production of crucial microelectronics for the defense industry, was awarded regional hub designation and $24.3 million for FY 23 through the prestigious Microelectronics Commons program.
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The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded GlobalFoundries, Malta, New York, a new 10-year contract for a supply of securely manufactured, U.S.-made semiconductors for use across a wide range of critical aerospace and defense applications.
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Researchers from Australia and China are working to develop the world’s first safe and efficient non-toxic aqueous aluminum radical battery.
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In the search for thermoelectric materials with the best possible properties, a research team at the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) investigated various metallic alloys.
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The United States Navy has partnered with VRC Metal Systems, a Box Elder, S.D.-based company that specializes in cold-spray technology, to create “pop-up” production cells within 90 days, which will be located near ports.
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Researchers at the University of Southern California have developed a bilayer coating of an insulator and graphene on top of a semiconductor that can tune the energy required to eject electrons out of the material, potentially making electrochemical devices more efficient.
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Materials Analysis Technology Inc., Taiwan, is setting up new laboratories in Kumamoto, Japan, and the US state of Arizona to support its “big clients,” and is eyeing more locations in the future amid the changing IC supply chain landscape.
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Developed by researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and UC Berkeley, a new semiconducting material called “multielement ink” is the first “high-entropy” semiconductor that can be processed at low or room temperature, making the semiconductor purification and development process significantly less heat-intensive and more sustainable.
Continue readingThe U.S. National Science Foundation announced 24 research and education projects to 47 institutions with a total investment of $45.6 million — including funding from the “CHIPS and Science Act of 2022” — to enable rapid progress in new semiconductor technologies and manufacturing as well as workforce development.
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As part of a prestigious 2023 summer internship with the U.S. Department of Defense, John Migliore, a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill departments of applied physical sciences and chemistry, conducted tests on whether high-performance polymers would change the mechanical and structural properties of ceramic materials.
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For the first time, a team at Fraunhofer, Germany, has succeeded in using drones to protect rotor blades against ice.
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The new Heat-Flex 7000 thermal insulative coating system from Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine, Cleveland, Ohio, offers personnel protection, insulating capabilities and solar heat reflectivity for an array of industrial applications.
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