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Airbus and Plastometrex partner on standardization of PIP
In a significant move to streamline mechanical testing and enhance material insights, Airbus, France, the global aerospace leader, is collaborating with Plastometrex, England, to support the standardization of profilometry-based indentation plastometry (PIP) – the innovative mechanical testing technique developed and commercialized by the Cambridge-based technology provider.
Earthquake prediction techniques provide quick insight into material failure analysis
Researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, in collaboration with Sandia National Laboratories and Bucknell University, have found that insight from muscovite mica and earthquake statistics can help quantify how hostile environmental interactions impact the degradation of materials used in advanced solar panels, geological carbon sequestration, and infrastructure.
Failure and collapse of the Arecibo Observatory telescope assessed by new report
A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington, D.C., analyzes the causes of the 2020 collapse of the National Science Foundation’s telescope at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, where NSF maintained research operations for its National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center, and draws lessons learned for other unique, critical science facilities.
Thermo Fisher highlights use of advanced SEM for metal quality control analysis
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, Mass., has highlighted the ability of scanning electron microscopy to successfully capture defects when conducting failure analysis on metals.