Transgenic soybean crops can find less controversial use to help with plastics manufacturing.
How manufacturers are making cars lighter and safer
New work discusses the driving force and logic behind the development of advanced high strength steels and their application in the automotive industry.
The challenge of strongly correlated electrons in catalysis
New work discusses the main challenges in the use of DFT to study catalysis by transition metal oxides with strongly correlated electrons.
The patterning power of azopolymers in photonics
Researchers at Aalto University examine the versatility of surface patterns in azopolymers for applications in photonics.
Weaving nanostructures using actuation forces
Japanese scientists design a new approach to making ultra thin and uniform fabrics with micro- and nano-fibers.
Book Review: Computer Modeling for Injection Molding: Simulation, Optimization, and Control
Professor Roberto Pantani of the University of Salerno reviews Computer Modeling for Injection Molding, edited by Huamin Zhou.
Coating powers Nuna7 to sizzling race victory
Coating technology developed by AkzoNobel’s Sikkens paint brand has helped power the Dutch Nuna7 solar vehicle to victory in this year’s World Solar Challenge.
More Information from Raman Scattering
Mapping of chemical contents and their spatial distribution in a complex biological environment such as cells can be achieved by a new imaging modality.
Audi opens power-to-gas facility
Audi opens an e-gas plant in Werlte making it the first automobile manufacturer to develop a chain of sustainable energy carriers.
Spin clocks: Probing fundamental symmetries in nature
German researchers have proposed a spin clock that is based on the free spin-precession of gaseous, nuclear spin-polarized 3He and 129Xe.