Watch Boeing Show off Microlattice, The Lightest Metal Ever Made

Boeing has released a video highlighting microlattice, what they say is the lightest metal ever made. From the YouTube description: At 99.99% air, it’s light enough to balance on top of a dandelion, while its…

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Researchers Have Figured Out How To Make Solar Panels 30 Percent More Efficient

The sun emits 50 percent of its energy as “near-infrared” light, however solar cells only harvest visible light. Taking this into account, it makes sense that top of the line commercial panels can only convert…

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Intel’s New Memory Chips Use 3D XPoint Technology, 1000X Faster Than NAND Chips

According to Intel and Micron, a new type of memory chip featuring a technology called 3D XPoint is set to revolutionize the electronics industry by drastically improving the performance of laptops, smartphones, desktops, and other…

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Despatch Industries Announces Addition of High Temperature Batch Ovens to its Standard Product Line

Due to the increasing demand for higher temperature ovens, Despatch has added the RAF and RFF high temperature ovens to its standard product line. Engineers have streamlined the manufacturing process for much faster delivery while…

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Next-Generation Split-Zone Oxidation Oven Promises to Lower the Cost of Carbon Fiber Production

In today’s conventional carbonization lines, the oxidation process is assumed to consume the most energy, take up the largest footprint, and is the largest capital investment.  Alternative production processes to conventional oxidation, such as “plasma,”…

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How a Despatch Oven Is Helping Produce Ultra-Pure Copper a Mile Underground

A process known as a “quench” results in batch after batch of the world’s purest copper several times a month in the Majorana Demonstrator experiment’s clean-room machine shop. Crazy enough, the shop is actually located…

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This New 3D Printer Uses an E-Wax Material Capable of Shaking Up The Jewelry Industry

Look out jewelry industry! EnvisionTEC may have come up with the next big idea in 3D printing in what the company is calling the first direct light projection (DLP) printer that uses curable paste as…

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Solar Impulse Solar-Powered Plane Sets off On 120-Hour Flight From Japan to Hawaii

The most famous solar-powered airplane in the world at the moment, the Solar Impulse, has officially set off on one of the most difficult treks of its round-the-world flight. Specifically, the Solar Impulse is attempting…

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