A step closer to sustainable energy from seawater

The research group led by Leiden chemist Marc Koper has discovered a catalyst that minimizes the production of chlorine gas during salt water electrolysis....

Scientists solve open theoretical problem on electron interactions

Yale-NUS Associate Professor of Science (Physics) Shaffique Adam is the lead author of a recent work that describes a model for electron interaction in...

Fujipoly Introduces Sarcon 45-YR-a Thin Film with a Thermal Conductivity of 2.2 W/m.K

The Sarcon 45-YR-a Thin Film is available in rolls or can be die-cut to the required specification. It is suitable for applications that operate...

‘Topological’ graphene nanoribbons trap electrons for new quantum materials

Scientists are experimenting with narrow strips of graphene, called nanoribbons, in hopes of making cool new electronic devices, but University of California, Berkeley scientists...

GE Additive helps Callaway Golf Company break the mold to redesign putter head

Callaway Golf Company, a leading manufacturer of high-performance golf equipment, has signed a consultancy agreement with GE Additive’s AddWorks team to help it harness...

MIT’s new 3-D printed shape-shifting soft robots crawl, jump, grab

MIT engineers have created soft, 3-D-printed structures whose movements can be controlled with a wave of a magnet, much like marionettes without the strings. The...

Physicists find surprising distortions in high-temperature superconductors

There's a literal disturbance in the force that alters what physicists have long thought of as a characteristic of superconductivity, according to Rice University...

Polymer recycling technology ready to leave the lab

An East London-based start-up firm, Worn Again Technologies, has announced that it has hit a £5 million investment target to support the commercialization of...

3D Printing Problem Solving at Small Medical Startup Firm

Alex Berry and his team at Sutrue Ltd. (Colchester, England) exploited the benefits of 3D printing prototypes when developing two new automated suturing devices....

Manufacturers of hydraulic power units are discovering 3D metal printing

Transmitting high power from a small lightweight package is one of the chief benefits of hydraulics. And there aren’t many applications where this is...