Alcoa, Pittsburgh, is expanding its R&D center in Pennsylvania to accelerate the development of advanced 3D-printing materials and processes.
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Antimatter catches a wave at SLAC
A study demonstrates a new, efficient way to accelerate positrons, the antimatter opposites of electrons.
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Granta Design, UK, announced GRANTA MI:Collaborate, a cloud-hosted software package that makes it easy for multi-partner collaborative projects to develop, manage, and use materials knowledge.
Continue readingMetallurgist named CEO of Google
Google recently announced a corporate restructure and named metallurgist, Sundar Pichai as its new CEO.
Continue readingATI announces management changes
Allegheny Technologies Inc., Pittsburgh, has named John D. Sims executive vice president, High Performance Materials and Components segment.
Continue readingComputational method aids fracture prediction
The discipline of fracture mechanics is required only because of the limitations of continuum mechanics.
Continue readingAluminum could boost lithium-ion battery power
One big problem faced by electrodes in rechargeable batteries, as they go through repeated cycles of charging and discharging, is that they must expand and shrink during each cycle—sometimes doubling in volume then shrinking back.
Continue readingHeat Treat technical program announced
Special Highlights and New Tracks for 2015
Continue readingNIST hosts first app challenge to improve data access
Researchers looking for information on the properties of methane at high temperatures or the isotopic composition of an element know they can rely on standard reference data from NIST.
Continue readingCALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions Principal Editor
David Laughlin has made it known that he plans to step down from his Metallurgical and Materials Transactions Principal Editor position at the end of 2016.
Continue readingProducing biodegradable plastic just got cheaper and greener
Biodegradable drinking cups or vegetable wrapping foil: the bioplastic known as polylactic acid (PLA) is already a part of our everyday lives.
Continue readingHoughton International celebrates 150-year anniversary
Open House at Valley Forge Headquarters Kicks Off a Year of Worldwide Events
Continue readingMetallurgical and Materials Transactions Editorial Office Transition
Long-time Metallurgical and Materials Transactions production editor Dora Moscatello will retire on June 30.
Continue readingDiamond defects to monitor temperature
Luminescent signals from green glowing diamond defects could monitor temperature in a range of physical and biological systems with unprecedented versatility
Continue readingRipples of a particle-separating wave seen in primordial plasma
Scientists in the STAR collaboration at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) have new evidence for what’s called a “chiral magnetic wave” rippling through the soup of quark-gluon plasma created in RHIC’s energetic particle smashups.
Continue readingLeading innovation institutes convene in Detroit
LIFT, America Makes, and DMDII will inspire a new generation of investment in manufacturing technologies.
Continue readingConferences convene for successful Mega Show event
Aerospace and thermal spray professionals gathered for aerospace coating and materials information.
Continue readingProgram focuses on future materials scientists
With advances in science and technology, today’s high school students could end up working with materials that don’t even exist today.
Continue readingTinkertoy materials hold promise as temperature regulators
Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, Calif., researchers made the first measurements of thermoelectric behavior by a nanoporous metal-organic framework (MOF).
Continue readingCHiMaD consortium releases first annual report
The Center for Hierarchical Materials Design (CHiMaD), a NIST-sponsored center of excellence for advanced materials research and a critical component of the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI), has released its first annual report.
Continue readingMS&T2016—Call for symposium proposals
Symposium proposals for MS&T16 are being accepted through May 31, 2015.
Continue readingImproving steelmaking with industrial gas technologies
Experts in steel metallurgy and process gas engineering from Linde LLC and Linde Engineering North America Inc. are showcasing technologies for improving plant productivity, product quality and environmental performance at AISTech 2015 at the Cleveland Convention Center, May 4-7.
Continue readingCompanies team up to provide analytical laboratory support in Germany
LatticeGear, Beaverton, Ore., partnered with Professional Maintenance, to expand their sales and service support for analytical laboratory customers in Germany.
Continue readingHead of Mars Curiosity Rover Mission to speak at ASM’s Megashow
SM International, Materials Park, Ohio, announced that Dr. John Grotzinger, chief scientist and head of strategic science planning for NASA’s $2.5 billion Curiosity rover mission to Mars, was selected as the plenary speaker for their co-located show which takes place on May 11-14.
Continue readingSubstrates dictate how graphene islands form
Scientists at Rice University, Houston, analyzed patterns of graphene—a single-atom-thick sheet of carbon—grown in a furnace via chemical vapor deposition.
Continue readingASM International Convenes Discussion to Advance the Goals of the Materials Genome Initiative
Professional Societies Come Together to Identify Opportunities for Building the Materials Data Infrastructure
Continue readingOSTP officials call for more data sharing
The White House recently said that the Obama Administration is stepping up efforts to increase the availability of materials data in support of the Materials Genome Initiative and in the interests of U.S. competitiveness and growth.
Continue readingGentle shake creates elusive roton in superfluid
Scientists discovered in 1937 that liquid helium-4, when chilled to extremely low temperatures, becomes a superfluid that could leak through glass, overflow its containers, or eternally gush like a fountain.
Continue readingNew specimen preparation solution
EXpressLO LLC, Lehigh Acres, Fla., released the Aspirato lift out module for the EXpressLO ex situ lift out station.
Continue readingMaterials experts challenged to protect athletes
The NFL, GE, and Under Armour, have joined with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology to launch Head Health Challenge III, an open innovation competition to advance materials that better absorb or dissipate energy.
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