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Bitumen Report – September 12, 2022 All Markets have lingered in shock of oil as crude suddenly fell by 8% and quickly recovered after. The bitumen market, though, stayed...
A team of researchers have observed and reported for the first time the unique microstructure of a novel ferroelectric material, enabling the development of lead-free pie...
A household microwave oven modified by a Cornell engineering professor is helping to cook up the next generation of cellphones, computers and other electronics after the...
FARO® Technologies, a global leader in 4D digital reality solutions, today announced the release of FARO Flatness Check, the company’s first augmented reality app for the...
Ionic Mineral Technologies, a domestic advanced battery materials technology company, today emerges from stealth mode to debut its breakthrough halloysite-derived nano-si...
Bitumen Report – September 5, 2022 The fall of crude oil, for the third consecutive month, slowed down bitumen growth but couldn’t stop it for September. Brent closed at...
Leading construction materials supplier, Aggregate Industries, has launched a reduced carbon asphalt that is 100% recyclable and ideal for the construction, repair and ma...
Bitumen Report – 29 August 2022 Crude oil grew back slightly as expected leaving the bitumen market a bit confused. The weakness is not over. The hawkish tone of th...
Granite has announced that it is now the sole California distributer of EZ STREET® Asphalt, a premium, cold asphalt. EZ STREET represents the next generation of innovatio...
Solar panels, also known as photovoltaics, rely on semiconductor devices, or solar cells, to convert energy from the sun into electricity. To generate electricity, solar...
A new trial which could revolutionise the way public highways are resurfaced is underway in Essex. Those behind the project hope the addition of a new strengthening compo...
Shell Bitumen CarbonSink, Shell’s new bio-component binder that locks carbon within roads instead of releasing it back into the atmosphere, has been used in France for th...
Inspired by the way termites build their nests, researchers at Caltech have developed a framework to design new materials that mimic the fundamental rules hidden in natur...
With ULMA’s ONADEK, the building construction market is entering a new era for slab formwork systems. The recoverable modular formwork combines and brings together...
Atoms in magnetic materials are organized into regions called magnetic domains. Within each domain, the electrons have the same magnetic orientation. This means their spi...
With the ability to cut CO2 footprint by 25% factory-based precast concrete production has the potential to save billions of tons of CO2 being emitted each year. On the p...
To increase the strength of concrete, researchers are coming up with new ways to reinforce it, usually with metal structures or nanofibers. Now a RUDN University professo...
There’s still plenty of room at the bottom to generate piezoelectricity. Engineers at Rice University and their colleagues are showing the way. A new study describes the...
One benefit of the COVID-19 pandemic is the heightened awareness of indoor air quality and how this may be affected by airborne diseases, noxious gases and volatile organ...
Acrow, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, has designed and provided its Superprop® Shoring systems for the support of bridges undergoing preve...
MIT researchers have developed a method for 3D printing materials with tunable mechanical properties, which can sense how they are moving and interacting with the environ...
A fast and energy-efficient manufacturing process results in a strong, non-toxic and fire-resistant adhesive—and a great opportunity for the Finnish bioeconomy. Researche...
A transparent protective coating material that can be self-healed in 30 minutes when exposed to sunlight has been developed. Excellent durability of automotive coatings i...
In enhanced oil recovery, a fluid — typically water with various additives — is pumped into an injection well to force additional oil out of the reservoir. This technique...
Chevron Lubricants introduced its Delo TorqForce Syn FD-1 high performance, fully synthetic lubricant designed for use in final drives and axles of large mining haul truc...
Researchers have designed smart, colour-controllable white light devices from quantum dots – tiny semiconductors just a few billionths of a metre in size – which are more...
Leading innovator and manufacturer of site safety equipment Oxford Plastics has launched its latest product, the DropBlock. The new weighted product has been designed to...
On 26 of July, Pelješac Bridge, the largest ever EU infrastructure investment in Croatia, officially opened in grand ceremony. The bridge, providing a road link between t...
In response to growing demand for cable sands that meet ENA technical specification, leading construction materials supplier, Aggregate Industries, has launched SuperSand...
LEADING designer, manufacturer and supplier of specialist products for the civil engineering industry Wrekin Products has launched a brand-new range of Grade B surface bo...
The interface between gases and liquids is found throughout nature. It is also important to many industrial processes. To improve understanding of the gas-liquid interfac...
Building on strong demand for its new EVs, Ford today announced a series of initiatives for sourcing battery capacity and raw materials that light a clear path to reach i...
Toshiba Materials today announced a major investment in a new manufacturing facility for silicon nitride balls on the same site as its headquarters in Yokohama, Japan. Th...
Researchers used neutrons to see how a new aluminium-cerium (AlCe) alloy behaves under the high temperatures and pressures inside an operating internal combustion engine....
K31 Road Engineering, the original manufacturer and global supplier of K31-APS acrylic co-polymer soil stabilizers for road construction and erosion control and dust cont...
Macadam has announced the completion and certification of the Milepave™ Carbon Neutral Resurfacing Scheme in collaboration with SteelPhalt and Cardiff Council. Jus...
A ground-breaking new study recently published in the journal Earth’s Future and led by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in collaboration with the U...
The small aquatic snail-like molluscs use a tongue bristling with tiny microscopic teeth to scrape food off rocks and into their mouths. These teeth contain a hard yet fl...
In South Korea, which relies on imports for 99.3% of metal resources, the per capita consumption of metal resources is the highest in the OECD (Organization for Economic...
Acetone and isopropanol are important chemicals for industry. They are used to produce materials from jet fuel to solvents to detergents to plastics. Currently, industry...
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