Airbus Helicopters unveiled the PioneerLab to focus on testing technologies that reduce helicopter emissions, increase autonomy and integrate bio-based materials.
The British Standards Institution (BSI) is establishing a new committee to feed UK views into a newly created international ISO technical committee that will develop standards in the field of specialty metals and materials.
The Governor of the State of Massachusetts in the US, Maura Healey, has signed an executive order to end the purchasing of single-use plastic bottles by state agencies.
Papers include Insights into crystallographic and topographic characteristics of local corrosion attack on zinc, and Methodology for ranking internal corrosion-induced leakage susceptibility in oilfield pipelines.
Yesterday’s (21 September) Prime Minister's speech rolls back previous government commitments, undermining confidence and dismantling the certainty required by industry to justify investment in the UK.
Papers include Surface modification of urinary catheters, Improvement of current-carrying tribological behaviour via laser surface texture and A green vanadium-based formulation for the conversion of steel.
The Sizewell C company, EDF and the Government are now looking for companies with major infrastructure experience to invest in the project, subject to strict national security checks.
The 2024 editorial themes for features have been finalised and the team is keen to hear from academics and industry professionals who might want to contribute.
Papers in this issue include Thermal and mechanical properties of carbon-based rubber nanocomposites: a review, Flexural behaviour modelling of carbon/epoxy laminates using the puck-EWM approach and Effect of surface modification and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) on thermal properties of PMMA/SWCNT nanocomposites.
Radar measurements from Europe’s Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite mission are being used to analyse how the ground has shifted as a result of the earthquake that struck Morocco on 8 September.