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Team sealing oil and gas wells with artificial lava
The approach involves making a metal plug, including a bismuth alloy, at depth in the well casing.
Drones and lasers to pinpoint greenhouse gas leaks
The team outfitted a small drone with a retroreflector, which is a type of mirror that reflects incoming light directly back to its source, and a corresponding base station featuring gas sensing equipment that can track the drone during flight.
An eco-friendly, semi-pressure sensitive labeling adhesive
The new adhesive allows returned bottles to be washed in a caustic solution, separating them from their labels and the adhesive, before being returned to the market.
Sustainable steel to support wind turbine towers
The use of sustainably manufactured steel is being pursued by Siemens Gamesa to ensure a CO2 reduction of at least 63% in wind turbine tower steel plates compared to conventional steel.
How 3D metal printing is advancing metal injection molding
3D metal printing is the fastest and lowest cost way to prototype your concept.
Trial of oral drug to remove radioactive contamination underway
In oral capsule form, HOPO14-1 has effectively removed many radioactive contaminants, including uranium, neptunium, plutonium, americium and curium, during trials.
Quad-laser EP-M400 metal AM machine launched by Eplus3D
The EP-M400 has a standard build chamber of 405 mm x 405 mm x 450 mm and can support a wide range of materials, including nickel-base alloys, tool steels, die steels, aluminum alloys, titanium alloys, copper alloys and more.
New XRF machine designed by Redwave for fine metals
The Redwave XRF fine materials machine uses a strategic sensor arrangement and decreased spacing between the valve and sensor components, thus ensuring a higher purity and increased metal recovery, including precious metals.
Color-changing wound dressing reveals infections
According to its developers, the dressing will change color to indicate that the wound is infected without interfering with the healing process.
BASF continues its plastics journey at Plastics Recycling Show Europe 2023
The company will showcase high-performance solutions in the field of mechanical and chemical recycling.
A superconducting place for palladium
Calculations suggest that palladates might hit the sweet spot of electronic configuration for high-temperature superconductivity.
No need to be rough to be strong with this spray gun
The ergonomic design offers flexibility in extreme conditions and is ideal for handling high solid content paints and high rich zinc primers.
Addition curing silicone gel for sealing, potting and encapsulation
Master Bond MasterSil 170 gel is a low-viscosity silicone gel for potting and encapsulation.
MIT's vaccine printer produces 100 thumbnail-sized vaccine-filled patches in two days
According to MIT, the printer can reportedly manufacture thumbnail sized patches featuring hundreds of microneedles that contain thermostable COVID-19 RNA vaccines.
A healthy use for legacy nuclear waste
A project is underway to convert legacy nuclear material now stored at U.S. Oak Ridge National Laboratory into rare medical isotopes for the treatment of various cancers.
MilliporeSigma expands partnership with Beyond Benign to increase global access to green chemistry education
The partnership will provide expanded access to resources and support needed to apply greener practices in chemistry education.
Giving a dam some material support
A five-year project seeks to bolster the performance and resilience of concrete dams and levees by use of fiber-reinforced polymers.
WALTER launches new, regulation-compliant SLAP SHOT low-VOC cleaner and degreaser
The degreaser dissolves and removes grease, oil and grime on contact without leaving residue and reduces harmful volatile organic compounds.
Munson debuts its Vee Cone Blender for uniform powder blends
Appropriate for laboratory testing, pilot plants or low-volume blending of dry powders and granular materials, the unit reportedly delivers equal homogeneity at fill volumes from 100% to 25% of rated capacity.
Cheers to brewing a new energy storage material
The search for abundant, inexpensive materials for energy storage applications can drive engineers to drink. This quest might be quenched by the exploitation of a brewery waste product for capacitor electrode design.