(Phys.org) —An attempt to uncover the 'holy grail' of a lossless energy source has inadvertently led to a study which could result in the next generation of high-speed, mass storage hard drives. Chemists at the University of ...
Tags: new material, next generation, holy grail, Colossal Magneto Resistance
Experimentalists searching for strong structural materials have established that nanocrystalline metals, which have average grain sizes smaller than 100 nanometers, are stronger, harder and more resistant to fatigue than coarser-grained ...
Tags: A*STAR, atomic scale, low strains, molecular dynamics simulations
Steel Dynamics, Inc. announced Tuesday fourth quarter net income of $55 million, or $0.24 per diluted share, on net sales of $1.9 billion. By comparison, prior year fourth quarter net income was $61 million, or $0.27 per diluted share, on ...
Testing is very important to ensure that the products and components can perform well for their intended use. It ensures the life expectancy of any material in question, and also helps while investigating the root cause of material failure. ...
Tags: material test, Hydrostatic, Charpy, strength and leak
Orion Engineered Carbons has started up a new production line for specialty carbon blacks at its plant in Kalscheuren, Germany. Several million euros were invested in new production technology which commenced operation at the beginning of ...
In work that has major implications for improving the performance of building insulation, scientists at the University of Namur in Belgium and the University of Hassan I in Morocco have calculated that hairs that reflect infrared light may ...
Tags: Scattering Light, Light, Electrical, Electronics
Austria-based plantmaker Siemens Metals Technologies has announced that it has received an order from Turkish integrated long steel producer Karabuk Demir Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (Kardemir) to supply key components to clean the ...
IMTEX Forming 2014 is an exclusive business-to-business exhibition from the organizers of the globally-renowned IMTEX brand. The uniqueness of this IMTEX fair is about its focus: the exhaustive range of forming technologies in all ...
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The countries with the top 10 exploration budgets in 2013 attracted a total of $7.8 billion for all stages of gold, base metals, platinum group metals and uranium exploration, SNL Metals & Mining's annual Corporate Exploration Strategies ...
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BEIJING, Jan. 20 -- Industrial output in China grew 9.7 percent in 2013 from a year ago, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced on Monday. The figure marks a deceleration from the 10-percent growth seen in 2012. Monday's data ...
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As project activity and spending continue to increase in many U.S. industrial sectors, Industrial Info is tracking approximately 580 projects in the U.S. worth $140 billion that were previously canceled or placed on hold that have returned ...
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Two years ago, researchers from Iowa State University (USA) published a study which concluded that spider silk conducts heat as well as metals. Now, a team from the University of the Basque Country (Spain) has repeated the experiment and ...
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"Cool it!" That's a prime directive for microprocessor chips and a promising new solution to meeting this imperative is in the offing. Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
Thursday, January 16, 2014: International Market Centers has reported the highest-ever occupancy in its furniture and mattress space leading up to the Winter Las Vegas Market, fueled by a growing demand among its existing base of tenants ...
A breakthrough using data from the Gaia-ESO project has provided evidence backing up theoretically predicted divisions in the chemical composition of the stars that make up the Milky Way's disc – the vast collection of giant gas ...
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