Tag: Composite Materials
Adding an inert polymer to plastic solar cells enables high efficiency
Polymer plastic solar cells remain an industry priority because of their light weight, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness. Now scientists from Stony Brook University and the...
HP CYBER Team Uses FDM Digital Workflow for 3D Printed Orthotics
The CYBER Team, which stands for Cyber-Physical Design and Additive Manufacturing of Custom Orthoses, is on a mission to leverage 3D printing and Industry 4.0 to make...
3D Printed Spinal Implants Receive FDA Clearance
WARSAW, Ind., May 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. (NYSE and SIX: ZBH), a global leader in musculoskeletal healthcare, today announced it has received...
Turning up the heat on thermoelectrics
New materials, heated under high magnetic fields, could produce record levels of energy, model shows.
Imagine being able to power your car partly from the...
Free Adhesives Database Speeds Selection
The free, searchable Gluespec database from Ellsworth Adhesives contains curated, quality technical data on over 7,000 adhesives, coatings, and sealants for industrial applications.
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Volkswagen I.D. R Pikes Peak Breaks New Ground in Aerodynamics
Wolfsburg (May 2018) — In preparation for the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb 2018, the Volkswagen Motorsport team engineered the aerodynamics of the I.D....
The first commercial hard disk drive was shipped in 1956
After looking into different technologies including wire matrices and rod arrays, IBM invented the hard disk drive at its San Jose California lab in...
Polymer solar cell hopes to claim new record
Engineering two organic molecules for better compatibility boost the conversion efficiency of polymer solar cells to 14.2%
By carefully tailoring the electronic properties and side-chain...
Parley for the Oceans turns waste plastic into sunglasses
A collection of limited-edition sunglasses are the first product to be launched as part of a new fundraising platform that seeks to recycle plastic...
The world’s smallest house—even a mite doesn’t fit through the door
A French nanorobotics team from the Femto-ST Institute in Besançon, France, assembled a new micro-robotics system that pushes forward the frontiers of optical nanotechnologies....