A group of researchers at the University of Chicago’s Institute for Molecular Engineering (IME) is putting liquid crystals to work in a completely unexpected realm: as detectors for the protein fibers implicated in the development of neuro-degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s.
Boeing, North Charleston, S.C., has opened a 104,000-sq. ft. Research & Technology-South Carolina center, to lead the company’s research and development efforts in advanced manufacturing of composite fuselage and propulsion systems.
Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., announces that Nucor-Yamato Steel Co., a joint venture between Nucor and Yamato Kogyo Co. Ltd., is installing a $75 million quench and self-tempering process system for its 1.4 million tons of Mill 2 rolling capacity in Blytheville, Arkansas.