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‘Group Offers Aerospace Education Resources’

Brattleboro Reformer Jun 02 03:21 am 

COLCHESTER gtgt The Vermont Wing of the Civil Air Patrol CAP can be an important and versatile resource for the state39s science teachers from kindergarten through high school according to Captain Tom Williams of the Catamount Composite Squadron.

‘CarbonOne To Acquire TekModo Group’

materialstoday Jun 02 03:45 am 

CarbonOne Technologies Inc has entered into a binding agreement to acquire the TekModo group of companies TekModo Structures LLC and TekModo LLC.

‘Composite Exterior For University Building’

materialstoday Jun 01 12:00 pm 

The 7000 m faade is made from an all composite system. An EN fire rated modern new building exterior has been put in plase using Scott Badertrades Crestapol 1212 resin. The EDEM Escuela de Empresarios Business School part of the University of Valencia was designed by Spanish architect D Jose Marti.

‘Brisk Patent Activity In Soaring Global Nanofiber Market, Reports BCC Research’

Marketwire Jun 01 02:45 am 

WELLESLEY MA --Marketwired - June 01 2016 - Since 2005 the global nanofiber market has grown at a compound annual growth rate CAGR of about 25 representing one of the fastest-growing segments within the nanotechnology sector. BCC Research reveals in its new report that patent activity in the market especially among the filtration and separation life science and consumer products ...

‘Watch The Marine's 'King Stallion' CH-53K In Action’

Daily Mail May 31 04:15 pm 

Sikorsky has designed an aircraft said to move more materials for the Marine Corps faster than ever before. CH-53K King Stallion performed its first external load flight test carrying 20000 pounds.

‘Bullet-fast Shrimp Club Could Lead To Better Body Armor, Airplanes And More’

gizmag May 31 02:20 pm 

For a relatively small critter the mantis shrimp certainly makes some major waves in the scientific community. The crustacean has served as the inspiration for research into everything from cancer-detecting camera technology to polarized lenses to strong and light composite materials . Adding to the body of knowledge in that last category is research out of the University of California ...

‘Through A Glass, Warmly: Argonne Nanomaterials Can Help Make Windows More Efficient’

Newswise May 31 09:58 am 

A team of researchers at Argonne National Laboratory is using nanomaterials to get closer to one of the holy grails of building efficiency technologies single pane windows with efficiency as good or better than multi-pane low emissions Low-E windows. The team recently received a 3.1 million award from DOE39s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy ARPA-E to develop a technology that could...

‘NASA Program Helps Smaller Manufacturers In Ohio’

Industry Week May 31 10:37 am 

Small to medium-sized companies ranging from an environmentally friendly coatings manufacturer to a maker of high-performance nano-titanium are the recipients of loans and expert support from the Adopt a City program. read more

‘Mantis Shrimp Inspires Next Generation Of Ultra-strong Materials’

Science Daily May 31 12:37 pm 

Researchers are one step closer to developing super strong composite materials thanks to the mantis shrimp a small multicolored marine crustacean that crushes the shells of its prey using a fist-like appendage called a dactyl club. Their latest research describes for the first time a unique herringbone structure not previously reported in nature within the appendage39s outer layer.