In 1995 the Boeing 777 was breaking fresh ground in various directions. It was the first aircraft to be produced completely by means of CAD on screens instead of on physical models.
Scientists make impossible material by chance
Researchers in Uppsala, Sweden accidentally left a reaction running over the weekend and ended up resolving a century-old chemistry problem.
New coatings reduce risk of implant infection
Implants are commonly made from metals such as titanium alloys. These materials are being made porous during processing used to prepare them for medical use.
The chemistry of the corpse flower’s stink
What’s eight feet tall, has a creepy nickname, and can be smelled from miles away? It’s the rare titan arum plant, aka the corpse flower or Amorphophallus titanum, which just bloomed in the U.S. Botanic Gardens in Washington, D.C. The plant has an unpredictable blooming cycle that lasts years, and the corpse-like odor it emits […]
NanoSteel weld overlay improves wear rate of concrete slick line by a factor of 30
The NanoSteel Company, Providence, R.I., announces that its Super Hard Steel weld hardfacing alloy has been selected by Trimay Wear Plate Ltd. as cladding within the steel piping of a concrete slick line to provide wear protection at an underground mine in northern Canada. The alloy has been shown to improve wear rate by a factor of 30 over the previous solution. Combined with Trimay’s unique casing design, this project represents the second line of identical configuration for the customer and will be installed during the first quarter of 2014.