HAM-LET, UK, a leading global manufacturer of instrumentation valves and fittings for industrial and high purity applications, launched PuRight—a new, enhanced stainless steel 316L material at Semicon West earlier this month.
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, Md., built a silver, glass, and chromium nanostructure that can all but stop visible light cold in one direction while giving it a pass in the other.
Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, developed a microfluidic technique for fabricating a new class of metal-organic framework (MOF) membranes inside hollow polymer fibers that are just a few hundred microns in diameter.
The University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind., and General Electric Power & Water, Schenectady, N.Y., announce plans to work together to build a $36 million research and test facility with the goal of making better massive gas turbines used by aircraft, power plants, and the oil and gas industry.
Alcoa, Pittsburgh, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Firth Rixson, a global leader in aerospace jet engine components, from Oak Hill Capital Partners, for $2.85 billion in cash and stock.
