The U.S. National Science Foundation awarded $445,515 to a team including researchers at Penn State Shenango, Sharon, Pa., and Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio, to explore the fatigue behavior of 3D-printed materials.
The UK Battery Industrialization Center, United Kingdom, opened its new upgraded and extended Battery Development Laboratory, greatly increased the facility’s capabilities in key areas of battery materials characterization, cell analysis, and forensic activities.
JEOL USA, Peabody, Mass., released its new broad ion beam milling instruments, Cross Section Polisher and Cooling Cross Section Polisher, for preparing high quality, artifact-free cross sections for imaging and microanalysis by SEM, EPMA, or Auger.
Medical implants have revolutionized healthcare with advanced materials and technologies, but many face challenges like poor cell adhesion, leading to inflammatory responses. Apatite coatings, especially hydroxyapatite (HA) found in bones, can enhance integration with tissues, but artificially synthesized apatite nanoparticles often lack effective binding with biological tissues. Researchers at Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan, have […]
The world record for thinnest pasta has just been shattered. A team of researchers has created starchy nanofibers from white flour, with an average thickness of about 370 nanometers, or roughly two-hundredths the thickness of a human hair. These nanofibers, produced by mixing flour with formic acid to uncoil the starch molecules, are being explored […]
