Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Calif., developed an efficient method to measure residual stress in metal parts produced by powder-bed fusion additive manufacturing.

Johnson Matthey, Oxford University, and Diamond Light Source, all in the UK, announced the creation of a state-of-the-art materials characterization facility at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus

Materials that are firmly bonded together with epoxy and other tough adhesives are ubiquitous in modern life—from crowns on teeth to modern composites used in construction.

Applying just the right amount of tension to a chain of carbon atoms can turn it from a metallic conductor to an insulator, report researchers at Rice University, Houston.

Imaging and mapping of electric fields at radio frequencies (RF) currently requires the use of metallic structures such as dipoles, probes and reference antennas.

Self-propelled robotic device can speed through pipes, pinpointing leaks more accurately than existing methods.

Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Columbia, Md., introduced four universal testers that offer high-level control, tight precision and intuitive operation for a wide variety of material testing.

A research group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, Md., demonstrated a new method for detecting ignitable liquids that could change the way arson fires are investigated.

Solar Atmospheres, Hermitage, Pa., has been certified by Nadcap for fluorescent liquid penetrant inspection.

Microscopes do not exactly lie, but their limitations affect the truths they can tell.

Chromalloy, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., announces that the six laboratories at the company’s Engineering Center of Excellence have received ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation, validating international standards requirements for testing services.

Olympus Corp., Center Valley, Pa., has developed the 27MG Ultrasonic Thickness Gage for accurate measurements from one side of internally corroded or eroded metal pipes and structures.

Instead of reinventing the wheel, the goal of one University of British Columbia (UBC) researcher at the Okanagan campus is to make wheels, and other manufactured materials, lighter, stronger, and safer. Once the domain of science fiction, the recently installed 3D x-ray computed tomography (CT) microscope is allowing experts to peer inside the internal structure of materials and explore a 3D image, magnified 1,000 times. It’s the first step towards lighter and stronger resources that can be used in most industries including aerospace, energy, and manufacturing, says UBC School of Engineering Assist. Prof. André Phillion.

An AFM’s cantilever has a fine tip that can be used to map surfaces at the nanoscale. The movements of the tip are monitored using laser light reflected from the cantilever. If you could manufacture a hollow cantilever and pass a liquid through it, as happens in a fountain pen, then you could kill two birds with one stone. In addition to mapping surfaces, you could also use it to make highly localized measurements of the concentration of specific chemicals. This concept was the brainchild of Dr Peter Schön, a researcher at the University of Twente (Enschede, Netherlands) who leads the Enabling Technologies Strategic Research Orientation at the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology.