The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, announces that it has granted $10 million to a CASMART industry-academic team that will lead research into designing commercially viable civil supersonic transport aircraft that can modify shape during flight under a range of conditions to meet noise and efficiency requirements for overland flight.
Shape-memory, self-healing effects demonstrated in gold microparticles
The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel, and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, announce that their researchers have demonstrated for the first time the phenomena of shape memory and self-healing in gold microparticles.
U.S. Steel Corp. finalizes sale of U.S. Steel Canada to Bedrock Industries
United States Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, announces that it has finalized an agreement with Bedrock Industries Group LLC, New York, for the sale and transition of ownership of U.S. Steel Canada Inc. to Bedrock.
Oxford Instruments Industrial Analysis business joins Hitachi to form new company
Oxford Instruments, England, announces that its Industrial Analysis business will join Japan’s Hitachi High-Technologies to form a new company, Hitachi High-Tech Analytical Science.
Molten aluminum poured over 3D-printed steel lattice multiplies damage tolerance
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tenn., and Rice University, Houston, report that a new manufacturing method developed by Oak Ridge and Rice combines 3D printing with traditional casting to produce damage-tolerant components composed of multiple materials.