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Biotech Startup Aims for Cost-Effective Consumables
The spinoff from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology created what it says is a low-cost process for engineering microbes with complex metabolic pathways borrowed from plants.
Circle Segment Cutters for Mold Making Applications
The cutters are a class of end mills designed to enable more material removal with fewer passes in 5-Axis machining, cycle time reductions and smoother surface finishes.
The Search for a Better Li-Ion Battery
Researchers developed a simulation protocol to screen electrolyte materials, initially trying a set of 500 diverse classes of polymers.
Creative Uses for Biomaterials Is Aim of Forest Institute
Goals include researching new wood-based products such as adhesives and green-platform chemicals. Plans also call for working on advancements in wood engineering and new uses for what was previously seen as waste from pulp and paper.
Cracking the Secrets of a Lithium Battery Cathode
A team of researchers studied a lithium manganese nickel oxide cathode, which is viewed as one of the next generation battery materials because of its high energy.
Cisco Cyber Security Report Highlights Business Impacts
The report surveyed nearly 3,000 chief security officers and security operations leaders from 13 countries.
Tebis V4.0 CAM Software Package Enhancements
Toolbars and menu panels can be docked to the edge of the application window to produce what the company says is a clear, uncluttered screen.
Axial Tube Forming Machine from Transfluid
The REB 645 allows the axial forming of tubes with diameters from 6-45 mm.
Vertical Traveling Column Machining Center
The machine includes an increased Y-axis stroke, long bed/table size, high spindle speed and torque and Mazak’s SmoothG CNC control.
No Ink Needed: You Can Print on This Paper with Light
The paper can be erased and rewritten more than 80 times and could offer environmental and economic benefits.
Waste Gas Powers Biorefinery
The Power Oxidizers with the Dresser-Rand KG2 turbine are rated to provide a combination of up to 3.5 MW of electricity and over 26,000 pounds of steam/hr from two PowerStation units.
Arming Surgical Masks to Kill Viruses
A salt coating applied to a surgical mask filter dissolves upon exposure to virus aerosols and recrystallizes during drying, destroying the pathogens.
Modified Carbon Effective for Radionuclide Remediation
A cost-efficient approach to the treatment of radiocontaminated water stored at the disabled Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan is based on the use of oxidatively modified carbon materials.
Solar-Storage Peaker Plant for Kaua'i
The largest solar-plus-utility-scale-battery system in the state of Hawai?i is planned to generate 11% of Kaua?i's electricity.
Waste and Residues Fuel Renewable Diesel
No vehicle modifications are required to use renewable diesel fuel derived from almost any waste fat or hydrotreated vegetable oil.
Liquid Metal Printing in 3-D
The technology delivers 1,000 droplets per second with micron level accuracy while doubling the speed of conventional 3D powder bed metal printers.
Open Source Marine Energy Design Tool
The software package identifies optimal layouts, specific components, and logistics procedures for selected wave or tidal energy converters/locations.
Temperature-Sensitive Artificial Skin
The material could be used on prosthetic devices to sense temperature change or as a bandage that would alert a nurse or doctor about a developing infection in a wound.
Electrically Reversible Magnetism
By designing a particular material, the scientists were able to achieve a multiferroic state where magnetism can be manipulated with an electric field.
IoT Comes to Food Waste
AT&T IoT solutions will provide near real-time visibility into every connected piece of equipment. This will enable repairs to be made more quickly, minimizing downtime, and possibly avoiding a customer service call.