A 3D printed aircraft has successfully launched off the front of a Royal Navy warship and landed safely on a Dorset beach.
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CALL 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 readingNew microscope offers convenient investigation of crystalline structures
Leica Microsystems, Wetzlar, Germany, launched the DM4 P polarization microscope for the investigation of crystalline structures such as minerals, plastics and polymers, drugs and pharmaceuticals, or pigments, and cement.
Continue readingThe incredible shrinking ESR machine
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, Md., came up with a way to shrink a research instrument generally associated with large machines that make bulk measurements of samples down to a literally pinpoint-precision probe.
Continue readingComponents help F-35 Lightning II deliver GPS-guided weapons
IBC Advanced Alloys Corp., Vancouver, delivered its first completed Beralcast azimuth gimbal housing components to Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, Md.
Continue readingMaterials Science and Engineering Data Challenge
People have successfully applied advanced analysis techniques to big data and have solved significant challenges in several areas of society including business, biology, and astronomy.
Continue readingGecko-like gripper aids semiconductor manufacturing
Picking things up and putting them down is a mainstay of any kind of manufacturing, but fingers, human or robotic, are not always best for the task at hand.
Continue readingTesting unmanned aircraft systems
NASA, working with government and industry partners, is testing a system that would make it possible for unmanned aircraft to fly routine operations in U.S. airspace.
Continue readingMetallurgical and Materials Transactions Editorial Office Transition
Long-time Metallurgical and Materials Transactions production editor Dora Moscatello will retire on June 30.
Continue readingCollaboration to develop carbon fiber for automotive light-weighting
The Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, Mich., and DowAksa, Turkey signed a joint development agreement to formally advance research on cost-effective, high-volume manufacturing of automotive-grade carbon fiber.
Continue readingNew computer chips made with futuristic materials
Researchers developed a technique for integrating “III-V” materials onto silicon wafers, a breakthrough that may allow an extension to Moore’s Law
Continue readingConferences convene for successful Mega Show event
Aerospace and thermal spray professionals gathered for aerospace coating and materials information.
Continue reading3D-Printed Habitat Challenge
NASA and the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, known as America Makes, are holding a new $2.25 million competition to design and build a 3D printed habitat for deep space exploration.
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 readingTiny grains of lithium improve fusion plasma performance
Scientists from General Atomics and the U.S. DOE’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) discovered a phenomenon that helps improve fusion plasmas, which could ultimately speed fusion energy development.
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 readingSeparating rare earth metals with UV light
Researchers from the University of Leuven (KU), Denmark, Department of Chemical Engineering discovered a method to separate two rare earth elements—europium and yttrium—with UV light instead of with traditional solvents.
Continue readingMS&T2016—Call for symposium proposals
Symposium proposals for MS&T16 are being accepted through May 31, 2015.
Continue readingHigh-precision radar for the steel industry
Measuring dimensions precisely is crucial for production engineering – for instance in the production of steel
Continue readingSoftware solution for composite qualifications
Granta Design, UK, announced a new software solution and service that supports a rigorous, auditable composite qualification process, particularly where data traceability is important for regulatory and other purposes.
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 readingASM Seeks Volunteers for Committees
ASM International, Materials Park, Ohio, is seeking leadership candidates for committees for the 2015-2016 term.
Continue readingImaging technique uncovers root of next-gen battery failure
Researchers at NIST, the University of Maryland, Cand Sandia National Laboratories, imaged the inner workings of experimental solid-state batteries as they charged and discharged while making detailed measurements of their electrochemical health.
Continue readingLight photographed as particle and wave for the first time
Quantum mechanics tells us that light can behave simultaneously as a particle or a wave.
Continue readingHow to prevent metal embrittlement
Analysis shows certain crystal boundaries can enhance, or reduce, hydrogen’s damaging effects.
Continue readingASM seeks Director to lead CMD Network
ASM International is searching for qualified candidates to fill a newly created position—Director, Computational Materials Data.
Continue readingBuilding race cars from snail teeth
Researchers from the University of Portsmouth, UK, discovered that limpets—small aquatic snail-like creatures with conical shells—have teeth with biological structures so strong they could be copied to make cars, boats, and planes of the future.
Continue readingNew facilities to expand jet-engine research
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., is expanding the nation’s largest university propulsion laboratory for research aimed at reducing fuel consumption and emissions for next-generation jet engines.
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.
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