Ford is the first automaker to develop foams and plastics using captured CO2 for its vehicle lineup
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Light Rider is the world’s first 3D-printed motorcycle
APWorks developed a lightweight motorcycle using bionic design and a selective 3D laser printing system
Bone-inspired Materials by Design
Design principles, and ways to manufacture them via additive manufacturing are studied, to achieve an amplification in mechanical properties of materials.
Liquid Glass: Casting Glass like Cement
Workers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology introduce “Liquid Glass”,
A new ultralight magnesium alloy with a great promise for structural and biomedical applications
Developing increasingly lighter and stronger alloys for engineering applications is an ongoing – and never ending – endeavour of materials scientists.
New transparent luminous pigments
Research scientists at the Leibniz-Institute for New Materials have developed luminous particles that can also withstand high temperatures. When activated by UV light or x-rays, they glow orange red.
A new family of dielectric materials
A team from ICMMO (Institut de Chimie Moléculaire d’Orsay) of Université Paris-Saclay recently showed that entropy-stabilized oxides can be substituted by aliovalent elements with charge compensation mechanisms.
Coming Unstuck: Versatile Heat-Reversible Adhesives for Debonding on Demand
Adhesives and glues are essential in a wide range of applications in modern life, from buildings to vehicles, and mobile devices to biomedical applications.
Textile-Reinforced Composite Components in Lightweight Applications (SFB 639)
This special issue of Advanced Engineering Materials presents research from the Collaborative Research Centre SFB 639.
Takeover of Belgium foundry Allard-Europe
DIHAG Holding and Royal IHC form joint venture for foundry takeover
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