Confluent, Scottsdale, AZ, announced a partnership with ATI to invest over $50 million in expanding ATI’s Nitinol melt and materials conversion infrastructure. This investment will more than triple ATI’s melt capacity for medical Nitinol, with Confluent becoming ATI’s fulfillment partner. Confluent will provide value-added services and order fulfillment for ATI’s medical Nitinol mill products. Dean […]
Enovis opens new global business technology center in Lisbon to support growth
Enovis, Portugal, announced the opening of its new business technology center in Lisbon, Portugal. The Enovis Global Business Technology Centre will support the company’s international Prevention & Recovery (P&R) group, focusing on automation, digital capabilities, and integrating artificial intelligence to enhance workflows and improve customer experiences. The center will accommodate 100 employees, with plans to […]
Asteroid Mining
See how Bruker’s FT-IR spectrometers can support technological advancements and challenges faced in turning this sci-fi concept into reality.
Space Bricks Have Landed
Inspired by LEGO, European Space Agency (ESA) scientists have used dust from a meteorite to 3D-print LEGO-style “space bricks” to test out construction ideas for a future Moon base. ESA’s space bricks are on display in select LEGO Stores through September 20, helping to inspire the next generation of space engineers.
Heat treatment versus steel strength
This video from Steel Image shows how different heat treatments produce vastly different strengths in a medium carbon steel and describes what the heat treatments do to the steel to provide such different strength and ductility properties.



