With the arrival of winter, stores, cities, and homeowners are stocking up on salt, gravel, and sand in anticipation of slippery roads.
Roads that de-ice themselves
Recovering rare earth elements from coal mining waste
The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), recently selected West Virginia University to conduct a $937,000 research project in support of the DOE’s program to Recover Rare Earth Elements from Coal and Coal Byproducts.
One Minute Mentor: Austenitizing Powder Metallurgy Steels
Steels of groups A and D as well as 8%Cr or High-V-PM steels are usually austenitized in vacuum furnaces or in various types of furnaces using gaseous atmospheres.
Metal powders are potential replacement for fossil fuels
Can you imagine a future where your car is fueled by iron powder instead of gasoline?
Nanomanufacturing technique advances imaging technology
More than a decade ago, theorists predicted the possibility of a nanolens—a chain of three nanoscale spheres that would focus incoming light into a spot much smaller than possible with conventional microscopy.