Sandy silicon dioxide nanoparticles coated with a high dielectric constant polymer could inexpensively provide improved cooling for increasingly power-hungry electronic devices.
Could sand keep your cell phone cool?
Bonbons predict thin shell thickness
A simple fabrication technique derived by engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, may help chocolate artisans create uniformly smooth shells and precisely tailor their thickness.
3D printing creates and assesses alloys
A 3D printer allows researchers at Ames Laboratory, Iowa, to rapidly create and assess alloys of varying composition to find just the right combination to produce materials with the desired characteristics.
AMG Titanium Alloys to supply titanium aluminides for PW1100G-JM engine
AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V, Amsterdam, announces that AMG Titanium Alloys and Coatings (AMG TAC) has been selected by MTU Aero Engines to provide titanium aluminides for the production of the Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1100G-JM engine.
Laser profile scanner evaluates high-strength steel welds during welding process
The Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm announces that its researchers have developed a quality assurance method for welds in high-strength steel in which a laser profile scanner assesses the welded surface and measures the quality of the weld.