Materials and Chemicals

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  • Emerson unveils its new Branson MCX series ultrasonic mold cleaning systems

    New mold cleaners increase workforce productivity, improve cleaning effectiveness and reduce risk of damage to costly molds.

  • Video: Recycling process targets EV motors

    The process efficiently recovers high-purity rare-earth compounds from EV motor magnets.

  • Monitoring of gas scrubbers by means of sonic velocity

    The measuring system reliably displays concentrations of both scrubbing liquid and salt content.

  • This insulating material improves high-voltage DC cable performance

    By delivering a threefold reduction in polyethylene-based insulation conductivity, the material enhances cable performance.

  • Environmental 'time-bomb'? Modern building materials role in climate change

    Humanity's gradual shift to concrete dwellings has a cumulative environmental shift - with effects that are just now becoming realized.

  • Study: Innovative 'cool pavements' can help negate climate change effects

    Novel pavement technology seeks to reduce the material's albedo - that is how much heat it absorbs in direct sunlight, only to reduce the heat later on.

  • Final brakes put on leaded gasoline sales worldwide

    Algeria has stopped selling leaded gasoline, making it the last country to stop marketing it and marking the end of its use as an automotive fuel.

  • AWWA declares September 26 to October 2 Source Water Protection Week

    The week is devoted to conveying the importance of protecting potable water resources.

  • Nike, Newlight team to design line of carbon-derived sneakers

    AirCarbon will be the carbon-derived material in the proposed sneakers.

  • How to use EP4EN-80 for potting and encapsulation applications

    Observe this epoxy's flowability and ease-of-use for bonding, encapsulating and potting applications.

  • How to recycle a car

    Learn how steel from scrap automobiles is processed, crushed, shredded, melted and repurposed.

  • Liquid-filled flexible fiber strengthens data transmission

    A new stretchable optical fiber consists of a continuous liquid glycerol core contained within a transparent fluoropolymer sheath.

  • The road to artificial photosynthesis

    Artificial photosynthesis is being pursued as a promising source of sustainable energy.

  • Shielding: The essential ingredient for protecting systems in spaceflight applications

    While radiation-hardened devices are mandatory in all spaceflight applications, the use of thin metals provides broader protection beyond the devices themselves and can be applied to any subsystem within the spacecraft.

  • Turning sunflower pollen into 3D bioprinting ink

    Bioprinting ink derived from sunflower pollen could be used in the making of tissue scaffolds.

  • Oil refinery CO2 emissions will only get worse without restrictions

    Researchers recommended distinct mitigation strategies for refineries in different regions and age groups.

  • CITGO’s proactive Worst Case Drill safeguards employees, community

    The company holds training drills every year, including the Worst Case Drill every third year.

  • New recycled polymers offer promising solution to the plastics pollution problem

    Despite scientific advances in the area of plastics sustainability, the pollution that results from its use remains a serious problem.

  • Computational modeling is key to protecting a key US energy industry hub

    The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory has invested $25 million in Louisiana State University (LSU) to create a digital dome protecting Port Fourchon and the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port.

  • Taiwan’s CTCI and partners lead construction, mechanical completion of the world’s largest mega mono-ethylene glycol (MEG) processing modules

    The project was created in regions around the world including Taiwan, the U.S., China, Mexico, India and Malaysia.

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