Researchers from Deep Springs Technology, Toledo, Ohio, and New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering have reportedly demonstrated a magnesium syntactic foam metal matrix composite with density so low that it can float on water.
The University of Cincinnati reports that its researchers and Airbus engineers have developed a laser shock peening technology in which several lasers simultaneously focus beams of infrared light on sections of aluminum, titanium, or nickel-base superalloy components.
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., recently shipped a horizontal TurboTreater vacuum furnace with two-bar gas quenching to a metal-casting company in Texas.
Researchers report a new material that could change shape or texture when touched.
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.
