Scientists have developed autonomous catalytic microrobots that swim towards a specified target with a speed of 20 body length per second.
Manufacturing
Polyurethane composites replacing iron for manhole cover manufacture
Composite manhole covers utilizing Bayer polyurethane beginning to edge out traditional cast-iron covers.
Huntsman announce 18 month development plan for Advanced Materials business
Worldwide transformation program is scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 2013.
Faraday Tech and UMC develop new high-density chips
Customer system-on-chip (SoC) ICs have density of over 300 million gates.
New agreement to build high-performance solar cells
Dow Corning and Crystal Solar will work together to support the latter’s breakthrough monocrystalline manufacturing approach.
BASF and Sinopec take steps on joint isononanol plant
Companies have completed a joint feasibility study and taken the next steps in the establishment of plant in Maoming, Guangdong, China.
Water protection: new hydrophobic ceramics can take the strain
MIT researchers have come up with a new class of hydrophobic ceramics that can overcome the limitations of fragile polymer coatings.
Dow Chemical and University of Illinois open joint innovation center
Center will develop data management solutions to drive value and accelerate discovery in the Research & Development (R&D) organizations throughout Dow.
Startups in materials: an interview with Shenda Baker
An interview with Shenda Baker, former university professor turned startup founder at biomedical polymers company Synedgen.
BASF and Zelfo to collaborate on cellulose production
Agreement concerns Zelfo processing technology for the efficient and cost-effective production of micro-fibrillated cellulose.
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