Florida International University, Miami, Fla., introduced its new Cold Spray and Rapid Deposition Laboratory, a facility that will advance techniques in the repair, design and durability of high-performance materials. The lab is supported by a five-year, $22.9 million grant from the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory. The lab will advance additive […]
United States Steel Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pa., and DuPont, Wilmington, Del., launched COASTALUME, North America’s first GALVALUME material designed and warrantied for coastal environments. Marking a collaboration of two iconic American industry leaders, the new COASTALUME product combines the strength and self-healing characteristics of U. S. Steel’s GALVALUME material with DuPont Tedlar PVF film barrier that […]
Motion control is necessary to ensure operator safety and coating quality. Although handheld spraying has been carried out for nearly a century, it is not the preferred or safest means of spraying. The thermal spray environment is harsh and not suited for handheld operations. Safety has become more of an issue as HVOF and plasma […]
Next-generation solar materials are cheaper and more sustainable to produce than traditional silicon solar cells, but hurdles remain in making the devices durable enough to withstand real-world conditions. A new technique developed by a team of international scientists could simplify the development of efficient and stable perovskite solar cells, named for their unique crystalline structure […]
Scientists have a new tool to precisely illuminate the roots of nerve pain. Engineers at MIT have developed soft and implantable fibers that can deliver light to major nerves through the body. When these nerves are genetically manipulated to respond to light, the fibers can send pulses of light to the nerves to inhibit […]
