In what may be the warmest Winter Olympics on record, Sochi looked more like southern California. With few real snowflakes to blanket Sochi’s slopes, the latest episode of Reactions by the American Chemical Society, explains how science kept the Winter Olympics alive with artificial snow. Video by Kirk Zamieroski Series created by Adam Dylewski Produced […]
Component repair and new production support for turbines
Chromalloy, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., renewed a 10-year agreement with Solar Turbines Inc., San Diego, to provide component repairs and new production support for the manufacturer’s leading power systems.
How to create selective holes in graphene
Researchers devised a way of making tiny holes of controllable size in sheets of graphene, a development that could lead to ultrathin filters for improved desalination or water purification.
ASM Announces Emerging Technologies Survey Results
ASM International’s Emerging Technologies Awareness Committee recently conducted a survey of several hundred ASM members to gain feedback on technologies that members believe will have the most impact on the future of materials science and engineering.
MX3D printing
3D printing of metal in air with no support or special chamber This video shows a freely articulating 3D printer, developed by Joris Laarman Lab, Amsterdam. A robotic arm typically used in car manufacturing is combined with a welding machine to melt and deposit metal such as steel or copper, to create lines that can […]