gizmag Apr 11 11:21 am
Since 2004 Gizmag has been tracking the progress of Yves Rossy the founder of Jetman Dubai and creator of a pair of rocket wings that lets him fly through the air like Iron Man. Most recently in November of last year Rossy executed one of his most awe-inspiring flights yet rocketing alongside an Airbus A380 . We finally got the quotJetmanquot to stay Earthbound long enough to find out more ...
Business Wire Apr 10 10:12 pm
REINACH Switzerland--BUSINESS WIRE--Evolva SIX EVE announced that it has completed a Limited Purpose Cooperative Research and Development Agreement CRADA to support the joint development of novel advanced materials with the US Navy. The focus of the efforts supported by this CRADA relate to the development validation and potential commercialisation of new lightweight fire-resistant ...
Marketwire Apr 11 02:52 am
SAN FRANCISCO CA--Marketwired - Apr 11 2016 - Phenolic resins Market are being increasingly used in numerous industries owing to high heat resistance mechanical strength low toxicity ability to blend with polymers and low smoke. The global phenolic resins market is anticipated to witness stable growth over the next seven years owing to increased demand from transport and construction ...
gizmag Apr 11 12:20 am
Composite metal foams CMFs are little-known materials that are beginning to show some big promise. Last year we saw researchers adapt these lightweight materils to stop various forms of radiation in their tracks and now the same team has ramped things up to offer protection from something with a bit more force an armour-piercing bullet which was turned to dust on impact. .. Continue Reading...
The Christian Science Monitor Apr 09 02:09 pm
Innovative new substances including metallic foam could be used as bulletproof armor and space-safe heat shields.
materialstoday Apr 09 01:15 am
Composites UK reports that two vacancies for chairs of BSI committees focusing on plastic composites are now available.
LiveScience.com via Yahoo! Philippines News Apr 08 08:54 am
Nikhil Gupta is an associate professor and Steven Zeltmann is a student researcher in the Composite Materials and Mechanics Laboratory of the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at New York University39s Tandon School of Engineering. The 2016 New York International Auto Show opened to the public on March 25 with exciting displays of expensive and exotic cars that defy the ...
Business Wire Apr 08 02:37 am
DUBLIN--BUSINESS WIRE--Research and Markets has announced the addition of the quotLightweight Materials in Transportationquot report to their offering. The global market for lightweight materials used in transportation reached 115.4 billion in 2014. This market is expected to reach 109 billion by 2015 and 188.7 billion by 2020 registering a compound annual growth rate CAGR of 11.6 from 2015 ...
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance India Apr 08 04:53 am
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the quotGlobal Analysis of the Automotive NVH Materials Marketquot report to their offering.
The Hindu Apr 07 12:40 pm
IIW President R. Srinivasan said the quest for newer lighter material was never-ending. The IIW was working in collaboration with the defence forces.
GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance India Apr 07 01:15 pm
SIOUX FALLS S.D. April 07 2016-- Raven Industriestrade Engineered Films Division an innovative manufacturer of polymer film and sheeting announced the installation of a technologically advanced 7- layer ...
International Business Times UK Apr 07 11:24 am
Behrokh Khoshnevis invents novel 3D printing process that uses powder at high temperatures to create objects.
Newswise Apr 07 11:43 am
The world has more carbon dioxide than it needs and a team of Brown University chemists has come up with a potential way to put some of it to good use.
Air Transport World Apr 07 07:27 am
Malaysian low-cost carrier AirAsia has signed a multi-million dollar deal with UK-based Mirus Aircraft Seating to retrofit its entire Airbus A320 fleet with lightweight composite-based seats. read more
nanotechweb.org Apr 07 07:28 am
Metal inverse materials could be used to cool down electronics devices and in a host of other thermal management applications.
EurekAlert! Apr 07 08:49 am
Louisiana Tech University Renata Minullina and Abhishek Panchal biomedical engineering graduate students from Louisiana Tech University and the Institute for Micromanufacturing IfM have won the prestigious Poster Presentation Award at the Polymer Materials Science and Engineering Division of the 251st National American Chemical Society ACS Meeting held recently in San Diego California.
Aircraft Maintenance Technology Apr 07 05:26 am
Once again demonstrating its industrytrades leadership and innovation Aircraft Propeller Service LLC APS www.aircraftpropeller.com Lake Zurich ILone of the leading commercial propeller Maintenance Repair Organizations MROs in the world has established a state of the art component MRO training and knowledge resource Prop U. According to APS Vice President of Sales and Marketing Dennis ...
Malaysian Digest Apr 06 10:39 pm
AirAsia has signed an agreement with Mirus Aircraft Seating Ltd to be the launch customer for the aircraft seating manufacturertrades new Hawk slimline economy seat. The deal will see AirAsia retrofit all existing and new Airbus A320 aircraft with the lightweight seats.
Newswise Apr 06 12:58 pm
Engineers have created a new material with an unusual chemical structure that makes it incredibly hard and yet elastic.
Business Wire Apr 06 01:13 pm
LONDON--BUSINESS WIRE-- AIRG Chemicals --Technavio has announced the top five leading vendors in their recent global tooling composite market 2016-2020 report.
Discover Apr 06 03:00 pm
The word foam doesn39t necessarily convey strength but seeing a bullet explode upon impact with composite metal foam certainly does. Researchers at North Carolina State University created a bubble-filled metal composite that combines the strength of steel with the airiness and heat-resistant properties of foam. In tests with armor-piercing bullets a one-inch layer of the material stopped the ...