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Hydraulic fluid with higher flash point launched by Renewable Lubricants
Featuring a flash point of 450° F, the Bio-Ultimax 1000 lubricant offers a significant safety margin, particularly in situations where hydraulic hoses may rupture and release hot fluids into the engine compartment.
Fishing for uranium resources
The scope for nuclear fuel harvesting may extend offshore to cost-effectively increase uranium supplies by use of selective layered double hydroxide extraction materials.
Team turning cocoa pods into flame retardants
Researchers are eyeing the waste husks, which contain the tough lipid polymer lignin, for renewable replacement for some substances often derived from petroleum — notably flame retardants.
Urban cooling solution is over your head
The urban heat island effect can be partially countered with roofs painted a heat-reflecting white, covered with vegetation or sporting solar panels.
Can building waste fortify crops?
The material leftover and too small for recycling is called trommel fines, and it is this material that the researchers mixed with compost.
An underwater vacuum for deep sea mining
“The Collector” is a 90 ton underwater vacuum operating from its mothership — the Hidden Gem — and featuring four nozzles and sensors for vacuuming rocks from the ocean floor.
A fabric that adapts to changing temperatures
FibeRobo is a programmable, shape-changing smart fiber composed of liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) that enable the fabric to become more insulated in colder temperatures and less insulated in warmer temperatures.
Fundamentals of nanofluids for thermal management systems
Nanofluids have emerged as a promising contender for optimized working fluids as they offer potential enhancement in heat transfer capabilities, opening new frontiers in thermal management.
Food processing plant pathogen eradicated by blue light
While L. monocytogenes has previously proven to be powerfully resistant to elimination, its destruction was expedited when the cells or biofilms were placed on polystyrene.
These materials will soak up oil spills: Part 1
Follow along with GlobalSpec as we examine, in a two-part feature, some of the technologies being used to clean up oil spills, ranging from sponges to human hair.
Monitoring water discharges from the Fukushima nuclear plant
The International Atomic Energy Agency is now conducting comprehensive and continuous safety reviews of treated water discharged from the damaged reactor.
UK facility advances circular economy for plastic lab waste
This pilot plant can recycle up to 60% of plastic waste generated at research and industrial laboratories back into new lab consumables.
One component epoxy features high glass transition temperature
The toughened epoxy system for bonding and sealing applications is a true one-component system, not premixed and frozen, with an unlimited working life at room temperature.
ArburgSOLUTIONworld: A finger on the pulse!
Fakuma 2023 attendees made active use of the opportunity to experience how greater sustainability, digitalization and automation can be implemented by Arburg in the world of plastics.
Supplying clean water for industrial applications
Cleaning up cooling water occurs in several stages. Physical contamination must be removed, the chemistry must be adjusted and biological growth must be limited.
Power from poultry: Feathers for fuel cells
Nothing to cluck at here: keratin derived from chicken feathers is processed for inclusion in fuel cells as a thin membrane capable of conducting protons.
Plasma technology transforms microalgae into bioactive coatings for improved wound care
Using argon atmospheric plasma jet technology, the team reportedly transformed the microalgae Spirulina maxima into bioactive coatings that promote wound healing, fight bacterial infections and apply anti-inflammatory properties.
Reusable PPE technology is heating up
Self-decontaminating composite textile material enables multiuse personal protective equipment (PPE).
Pickleball tech: The science behind the serve
Get a glimpse of how companies and engineers are getting creative with the most quintessential of pickleball equipment: the paddle.
This octopus grabs radioiodine in nuclear fission systems
The eight-armed crystal structure is capable of capturing iodine in aqueous and organic solutions, and on the interface between the two.