HEADLINES ARCHIVE

  • Standard Set for Nuclear Power Plant Coatings

    The new standard was developed by ASTM International’s committee on protective coating and lining work for power generation facilities.

  • GE to Deploy Predictive Maintenance Analytics on Noble Rigs

    By using Predix-based data analytics, GE and Noble hope to achieve a 20% reduction in operating costs across the rigs.

  • DOE Report: the Path to Alternative Aviation Fuels

    The assessment is based upon findings from recent peer-reviewed studies, scientific working groups and stakeholder input provided during a September 2016 workshop.

  • ABM Drives: Custom, Continuous-Duty Motors and Drives

    Comprehensive standard continuous-duty motors and drive product platform and flexible modular systems allow for cost-effective, low-volume production runs.

  • China's Tencent Buys Tesla Stake

    The investment offers Tesla a financial boost as it prepares to launch its mass-market Model 3 later in 2017. Tencent also could help the U.S. company sell or build cars in China.

  • Gas-fueled SOFC Powers Electric ATV

    The durability and performance of a 1,000 W tubular solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) was demonstrated in an electric all-terrain vehicle (ATV).

  • Westinghouse Nuclear Files for U.S. Bankruptcy Protection

    The company says it is seeking to undertake a strategic restructuring as a result of financial and construction challenges in its U.S. AP1000 power plant projects.

  • Molecular "Treasure Maps" to Help Discover New Materials

    Scientists at the University of Southampton, working with colleagues at the University of Liverpool, have developed a new method that has the potential to revolutionize the way we search for, design and produce new materials.

  • Flexible Electronic Devices with Roll-to-Roll Overmolding Technology

    VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has, for the first time, performed all manufacturing stages for a flexible in-molded LED foil with a roll-to-roll process.

  • New Type of Sensor Material Developed

    Hokkaido University scientists have succeeded in developing a nickel complex that changes color and magnetism when exposed to methanol vapor.

  • Keep Your Tilt Pad Bearings Running Cool

    Waukesha Bearing has developed a new cooling technology for tilt pad bearings called trailing edge cooling, which increases heat transfer and expands bearing operating limits.

  • Visualizing Cholesterol with NanoSIMS

    A new imaging modality enables quantification of a pool of cholesterol called “accessible cholesterol” on cell surfaces.

  • Global Anticorrosion Cut-Off Valves: Markets and Forecasts

    Current market trends and forecasts through 2021 are analyzed for the anticorrosion cut-off valve sector.

  • A Big Leap Toward Tinier Lines

    For the last few decades, microchip manufacturers have been on a quest to find ways to make the patterns of wires and components in their microchips ever smaller, in order to fit more of them onto a single chip and thus continue the relentless progress toward faster and more powerful computers.

  • Surprising Twist in Confined Liquid Crystals: A Simple Route to Developing New Sensors

    Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology have found a material used for decades to color food items ranging from corn chips to ice creams could potentially have uses far beyond food dyes.

  • Researchers Create Artificial Materials, Atom-by-Atom

    Researchers at Aalto University have manufactured artificial materials with engineered electronic properties.

  • HALT and HASS Pushes the Boundaries to Make Products More Reliable

    Highly accelerated life testing (HALT) and highly accelerated stress screening (HASS) remain some of the best solutions for ensuring the reputation of a company and its products by finding potential product failures.

  • How ball bearings are manufactured

    How are ball bearings made, and how do they get the balls so round? The answer is a multi-step manufacturing process involving machining, heat treating, grinding, honing, lapping and assembly.

  • Corona Detection Goes 21st Century High Tech

    High Definition and Layered Views Contribute to a New Zenith in Hand Held Corona Detection

  • Steering Valve Cuts Off-Highway Equipment Cab Noise

    The valve allows machine designers to tailor equipment steering performance to operator’s driving habits or operating conditions.

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