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Self-Healing Aluminum Metal Matrix Composite
NASA has developed a new metal matrix composite (MMC) that can repair itself from large fatigue cracks that occur during the service life of a structure.

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Cadillac's Future-Tech Flagship
Restoring the Cadillac brand to its golden-age pinnacle, when it stood equal among Europe’s ultra-luxury greats, has long been an intermittent dream within GM. The grandiose ‘Sixteen’ concept in...

Briefs Materials
High Atomic Number Coatings for Fabrics
This new approach is useful for building radiation shields via the Z-grading method, the process of layering metal materials with different atomic numbers to provide radiation protection for protons, electrons, and x-rays.

R&D Medical
Thermoresponsive Smart Materials
The researchers used water as the solvent and developed an LCST-type thermoresponsive polymer by adding alkaline earth metal ions — which are divalent cations — to polymers and aqueous solutions.

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Closing the Loop on EV Battery Recycling
Development of a robust electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling industry has moved from a net-positive sideline to a necessity as automakers, and their suppliers, transition away from internal...

Articles Materials
Solving Signal Interference Challenges in Aerospace and Defense Electronics
As the complexity of signal challenges in aerospace and defense technology increases, design engineers need to creatively combine materials to solve multiple problems at once.

R&D Medical
Copper Nanowires Combat Spread of Diseases
An ancient metal used for its microbial properties is the basis for a materials-based solution to disinfection. A team of scientists has developed an antimicrobial spray that deposits a layer of...

Briefs Materials
Helmet Made of Magnetic Metamaterials Could Improve Brain Scans
It may look like a bizarre bike helmet, or a piece of equipment found in Doc Brown’s lab in Back to the Future, yet this gadget made of plastic and copper wire is a...

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2022 Honda Civic Hatchback Enjoys Premium Assembly, Weight-Cutting Measures
As a veteran manufacturing engineer, Jill Fuel was an ideal choice for the project leader for the production launch of Honda’s 2022 Civic Hatchback at Honda's...

Q&A Automotive
2023 Cadillac Lyriq Executive Chief Engineer: New EV Her ‘North Star’
At the Cadillac Lyriq’s media drive program in Utah, SAE Media spoke one-on-one with Jamie Brewer, Lyriq executive chief engineer, about developing the...

Technology Report Materials
Altair Honors Innovations in Sustainability and Lightweighting
Ford follows up its top prize in last year’s Sustainable Product category – for the Mustang Mach-E – with another electric-vehicle winner, the 2022 F-150 Lightning....

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SAE International Extends Call for Abstracts, Seeks Submissions for AeroTech Conference
Engineering Events staff at SAE International in Warrendale, Pennsylvania, have extended the call for abstracts through September 21 for the...

Articles Materials
The Science of Joining Dissimilar Metals in Aerospace Manufacturing
With the industry’s traditional focus on welding and brazing, there has been minimal formal education on diffusion bonding.

Briefs Materials
Method Pinpoints Microscale Damage in Metal
The process predicts when and where microscopic cracks will occur before they become catastrophic.

R&D Medical
Understanding Titanium’s Biocompatibility
Scientists used photoelectrochemical measurement and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy to clarify the source of titanium’s biocompatibility when implanted into the body, as with hip...

R&D Photonics/Optics
Deep UV Lasers for Device Sterilization
Engineers have created a deep-ultraviolet (UV) laser using semiconductor materials that show great promise for improving the use of UV light for sterilizing medical tools, among other applications....

Articles Manufacturing & Prototyping
3D Printing Metal Parts on a Ship
Senior level military members are constantly evaluating risk and finding ways to articulate and mitigate risks on the battlefield. When it comes to new technology adoption and consideration, these same...

Features Materials
What Medical Device OEMs Should Know About Outsourced MIM
The basis of metal injection molding (MIM) technology involves fine metal powders, which are combined with thermoplastic binders and surfactants, allowing injection in a plastic...

Briefs Materials
Platform for Quantum Technologies Using Gold
Scientists discovered a new platform for quantum technologies by suspending two-dimensional (2D) crystals over pores in a slab of gold. When heated, the metal reflows to form a porous structure...

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CAD-CAM-CNC System
Siemens Industry, Inc.
Munich, Germany
1-800-743-6367
www.siemens.com
DMG MORI manufactures a wide variety of conventional chip-cutting and ultrasonic machining centers for OEMs and production job shops...

Articles Sensors/Data Acquisition
Removing Aircraft Paint Using Laser-Equipped Robots
Hexavalent chromium is not a term frequently associated with engineers. Residents of Hinkley, California, however, know all about it. So do workers tasked with the labor-intensive...

Briefs Aerospace
New Printing Process Advances 3D Capabilities
Substances such as plastics, metals, and wax are used in 3D printers to make products and parts for larger items. Products created through the 3D printing of plastics include every-thing from...

Briefs Materials
Tiny Optical Elements Could Replace Traditional Refractive Lenses
Researchers have developed tiny optical elements from metal nanoparticles and a polymer that could replace traditional refractive lenses to realize portable imaging systems...

Briefs Energy
Thermomagnetic Generators Convert Waste Heat into Electrical Power
Many technical processes only use part of the energy consumed. The remaining fraction leaves the system in the form of waste heat. Frequently, this heat is released into the...

R&D Sensors/Data Acquisition
Promising Brain Biosensor Monitors Health
Scientists have successfully tested in the lab a tiny biosensor they developed that can detect biomarkers tied to traumatic brain injuries. Researchers say their waterproof biosensor includes an...

Application Briefs Materials
3D Printable Superalloy
Velo3D, Inc. Campbell, CA
+1-408-610-3915
www.velo3d.com
Velo3D, Inc., a company that specializes in metal additive manufacturing technology for mission-critical parts, has qualified the nickel-based...

Articles Materials
Niobium: Magic Metal for Battery Anodes?
The element niobium (Nb), a transition metal, stands ready to improve the performance of one of the lithium-ion battery’s confusing array of possible electrode chemistries – the LTO (lithium...

Articles Aerospace
Machining Beryllium
Because beryllium is extremely expensive, the learning curve for potential competitors is costly.

Briefs Energy
Technique Heals Dendrites in Solid-State Batteries
The method enhances the battery's safety while it is being used, without opening the battery cell.

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