The next generation of nanosubmarines has been upgraded with tags that fluoresce longer allowing them to be tracked for greater periods while being driven through solutions.
Glowing nanosubmarines to deliver drugs and cargo
Coating improves implant-bone bonding
Researchers developed a technique for coating polymer implants with a bioactive film that significantly increases bonding between the implant and surrounding bone in an animal model.
Lucifer Red Devil box furnace heat treats small loads
Lucifer Furnaces, Warrington, Pa., recently delivered a bench style RD7 Red Devil box furnace for batch heat treating small loads of low-carbon steel.
Brembo builds $100 million cast iron foundry in Michigan
Brembo Brake Systems, Plymouth, Mich., announces that it has conducted the first pour at its new $100 million, 266,000 square-foot cast iron foundry, during which the furnaces were charged and molten iron was poured into molds for the first time.
Nucor and JFE Steel to build $270 million sheet steel plant in Mexico
Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., announces a 50-50 joint venture with JFE Steel Corp. of Japan to build and operate a plant that will produce 400,000 tons per year of galvanized sheet steel in central Mexico.