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Ford Motor Company is the first automaker to formulate and test new foam and plastic components using CO2 as feedstock. Researchers expect to see the new biomaterials in Ford production vehicles within 5 years. Formulated with up to 50 % … Weiterlesen …

Light Rider has truly earned its name weighing a svelte 35 kg. With a 6 kW electric motor powering it from zero to 80 km per hour in just seconds and a frame boasting a mere 6 kg, the world’s … Weiterlesen …

General Electric (GE) introduced a new water treatment technology for the offshore oil and gas industry. Under the brand name ZeeWeed* 700B horizontal-designed, inside-out ultrafiltration (UF) membrane offers seawater pretreatment for injection and solids removal in offshore oil and gas … Weiterlesen …

Working with colleagues in Barcelona and Singapore, Samuel Sanchez’s group used graphene oxide to make their microscale motors, which are able to adsorb lead from industrial wastewater from a level of 1000 parts-per-billion to down to below 50 parts-per-billion in … Weiterlesen …

Currently, less than half of the energy used in industrial processes, transport or households is actually utilized. The majority of primary energy still escapes despite numerous energy-saving measures as waste heat into the environment. Thermoelectric generators (TEG) can help to … Weiterlesen …

In recent years, polymer solar cells have emerged as a low cost alternative to silicon solar cells. In order to obtain high efficiency, fullerenes are usually required in polymer solar cells to separate charge carriers. However, fullerenes are unstable under … Weiterlesen …

Things really heat up in power stations, blast furnaces and motors. The cables used in these hot ambient conditions must reveal a corresponding level of heat resistance. For these applications, the German based company Lapp has a range of new … Weiterlesen …

Everyone knows the small UV lamps at cash desks in supermarkets. They are used to verify whether banknotes are genuine. Colorful snippets light up inside the note. The luminous particles which cause this consist of organic compounds. However, they disintegrate … Weiterlesen …

The Association of International Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators (AIMCAL) has for the first time given one of its coveted awards to Infiana, thus singling out the international developer and producer of specialty films. Infiana has received the 2016 Technology of … Weiterlesen …

The two companies Bigelow Aerospace (BA) and United Launch Alliance (ULA) have announced they are partnering to develop and deploy habitable volumes in low earth orbit (LEO). The volumes will be based on the Bigelow Aerospace B330 expandable module with the … Weiterlesen …