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New Nanoparticle structure opens the door to special material properties
New Nanoparticle structure opens the door to special material properties Alex Travesset doesn’t have a shiny research lab filled with the latest instruments that probe new nanomaterials and measure th...
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Research finds Concrete breaks down in Vegetable Oil
Research finds Concrete breaks down in Vegetable Oil Factories in various industries use vegetable oils. These can be both edible oils and technical ones, which are used, for example, for lubricating...
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Cool approach could make Heat Resistant Materials
Cool approach could make Heat Resistant Materials High-entropy alloys are a new class of alloys that are composed of four or more metallic elements in approximately equal amounts. For example, convent...
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Bio-based alternative to petroleum-based Asphalt Additive could extend pavement life
Bio-based alternative to petroleum-based Asphalt Additive could extend pavement life It all started about 12 years ago when a high school teacher visiting Iowa State University for a summer program as...
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New machine-learning technique could help reduce Potholes
New machine-learning technique could help reduce Potholes Researchers have developed new “intelligent compaction” technology, which integrates into a road roller and can assess in real-time the qualit...
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Designing next-generation Metals for longer-lasting Batteries
Designing next-generation Metals for longer-lasting Batteries How can studying metals manufacturing lead to longer-lasting batteries and lighter vehicles? It all comes down to physics. Researchers at ...
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Superfast method discovered to manufacture Thermoelectric Devices
Superfast method discovered to manufacture Thermoelectric Devices Yanliang Zhang, associate professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, and collaborators Alexand...
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Scientists use electricity to find Materials that can Learn
Scientists use electricity to find Materials that can Learn Scientists used the Advanced Photon Source to watch a non-living material mimic behaviour associated with learning, paving the way for bette...
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Lafarge Canada donates Low-Carbon Concrete for Pic Mobert First Nation Sports Park
Lafarge Canada donates Low-Carbon Concrete for Pic Mobert First Nation Sports Park Lafarge Canada was proud to announce an in-kind donation of ECOPact low-carbon concrete, with a market value of over...
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ACO launches Drainage Specification e-commerce platform
ACO launches Drainage Specification e-commerce platform ACO’s Building Drainage division has unveiled its new e-commerce site aimed at streamlining the selection and specification process for bu...
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Biofuel research promises to reduce Vehicle Carbon Emissions
Biofuel research promises to reduce Vehicle Carbon Emissions Argonne collaborates with US laboratories on research to identify promising biofuels for different engine types. Biofuel is closer to becom...
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Cortec MCI-2040 tackles Concrete Corrosion Vertical Repairs
Cortec MCI-2040 tackles Concrete Corrosion Vertical Repairs Cortec® Corporation, the home of MCI® Technology, is pleased to announce its new, improved MCI®-2040 High Performance Vertical/Overhead Repa...
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Oil and Bitumen Highlights: More Crude Bullishness by new IEA Reports
Oil and Bitumen Highlights: More Crude Bullishness by new IEA Reports Bitumen Report – November 8, 2022 The above 4% growth of crude during the first week of November made many hopefuls for $100 oil....
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Window Coating could keep Buildings cool without using any energy
Window Coating could keep Buildings cool without using any energy As climate change intensifies summer heat, demand is growing for technologies to cool buildings. Now, researchers report in ACS Energy...
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Oil and Bitumen Highlights: Economic Turmoil and Political Tensions
Oil and Bitumen Highlights: Economic Turmoil and Political Tensions Bitumen Report – November 1, 2022 Crude, stalled in the range of 92 to 94 during the last week of October, shows that the market is...
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Cosmic Magnet Manufacturing could reduce need for Rare Earth Elements
Cosmic Magnet Manufacturing could reduce need for Rare Earth Elements Researchers have discovered a potential new method for making the high-performance magnets used in wind turbines and electric cars...
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Turning Carbon Dioxide into solid minerals underground
Turning Carbon Dioxide into solid minerals underground A new high-profile scientific review article in Nature Reviews Chemistry discusses how carbon dioxide (CO2) converts from a gas to a solid in ult...
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Thinnest ever ferroelectric material will lead to new energy-efficient devices
Thinnest ever ferroelectric material will lead to new energy-efficient devices The discovery of intriguing material behaviour at small scales could reduce energy demands for computing. As electronic d...
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Miniature Magnets can now be printed on a 3D Printer
Miniature Magnets can now be printed on a 3D Printer Scientists from the Ural Federal University and the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences are determining the optimal conditions for 3D pr...
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X-ray CT inspection of 3D-printed parts improved by Deep Learning
X-ray CT inspection of 3D-printed parts improved by Deep Learning A new deep-learning framework developed at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory is speeding up the process of insp...
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Smart materials and Metal Cations respond to Temperature
Smart materials and Metal Cations respond to Temperature Often referred to as smart materials, temperature-responsive or thermoresponsive polymers are gaining attention for their ability to respond to...
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Storing Hydrogen in salts
Storing Hydrogen in salts Hydrogen gas could someday replace fossil fuels as a “clean” energy source, producing only water and energy. However, handling large quantities of gaseous hydrogen is cumbers...
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Scientists explore Batteries without critical raw materials
Scientists explore Batteries without critical raw materials The storage of ions when accompanied by their solvation shell in a crystal lattice is referred to as co-intercalation, up to this point, thi...
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Hardstaff Barriers speeds up VRS installation with Precast Concrete Foundation solution
Hardstaff Barriers speeds up VRS installation with Precast Concrete Foundation solution Hardstaff Barriers has developed a unique solution to manufacture precast concrete barrier foundations offsite, ...
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Extracting critical metals for Renewable Energy from Existing Mines
Extracting critical metals for Renewable Energy from Existing Mines Ramping up renewable energy products will require a range of critical metals. One of these elements, tellurium, is gaining in popula...
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Emerging methods for Recycling Plastics
Emerging methods for Recycling Plastics While less than 10 percent of plastics are recycled globally, new technologies for chemical recycling are emerging that may rapidly advance progress in the area...
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Europe’s first fully licensed Lithium Mine to go Public
Europe’s first fully licensed Lithium Mine to go Public European Lithium AT (Investments) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of European Lithium Ltd, and Sizzle Acquisition Corp, a publicly trad...
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Oil and Bitumen Highlights: Mixed signals hit Traders again
Oil and Bitumen Highlights: Mixed signals hit Traders again Bitumen Report – October 25, 2022 The crude oil market acted uncertainly toward all the bearish and bullish factors in the market. But the u...
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GSSI announces Asphalt Density Assessment Tool
GSSI announces Asphalt Density Assessment Tool GSSI, the world’s leading manufacturer of ground penetrating radar (GPR) equipment, announces PaveScan® RDM 2.0 – an innovative asphalt density assessmen...
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Oil and Bitumen Highlights: Quick Drop of Commodities
Oil and Bitumen Highlights: Quick Drop of Commodities Bitumen Report – October 18, 2022 Crude oil fell by over 6% during the week. But Bitumen surprisingly increased or stayed steady. Brent closed at...
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The best ways to Soundproof your Room
The best ways to Soundproof your Room Soundproofing can drastically improve your quality of life. Perhaps you work from home and need to limit distractions, or maybe you have a young child who takes n...
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Textile Engineers weave nano-thread fabric that cools and warms
Textile Engineers weave nano-thread fabric that cools and warms Textile engineers have developed a fabric woven out of ultra-fine nano-threads made in part of phase-change materials and other advanced...
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Oil and Bitumen Highlights: Trend Confusion Among Traders
Oil and Bitumen Highlights: Trend Confusion Among Traders Bitumen Report – October 10, 2022 Crude oil had the biggest weekly growth since March 2022 and it shocked the market participants. Bitumen als...
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Low Carbon Concrete and Climate Change
Low Carbon Concrete and Climate Change Nothing less than the future of the concrete industry – and the world’s climate – is at stake in a research project trying to devise ways to make low-carbon conc...
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Techmer PM and Purdue CMSC set to revolutionize Additive Manufacturing
Techmer PM and Purdue CMSC set to revolutionize Additive Manufacturing When the Director of Additive Manufacturing Dr. Eduardo Barocio joined Purdue close to a decade ago, he wanted to make a meaningf...
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Making Gold Mining more Sustainable
Making Gold Mining more Sustainable A Yale University led study details the severe degradation and deforestation caused by gold mining in tropical forests, as well as the biophysical challenges associ...
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New techniques allow better understanding of the structure of materials
New techniques allow better understanding of the structure of materials Since the initial discovery of what has become a rapidly growing family of two-dimensional layered materials — called MXenes — i...
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UNECE develops Classification System for Hydrogen
UNECE develops Classification System for Hydrogen Hydrogen is already strongly present in the mainstream media, where ‘colours’ of hydrogen – green, blue, yellow, turquoise, grey – refer to different...
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Scientists uncovering how radiation weakens metal one atom at a time
Scientists uncovering how radiation weakens metal one atom at a time Gray and white flecks skitter erratically on a computer screen. A towering microscope looms over a landscape of electronic and opti...
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Converting polyethylene bags and plastics into Polymer Building Blocks
Converting polyethylene bags and plastics into Polymer Building Blocks Polyethylene plastics, in particular, the ubiquitous plastic bag that blights the landscape — are notoriously hard to recycle. Th...
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Scientists find Arctic Microorganisms that clean Oil from Soils
Scientists find Arctic Microorganisms that clean Oil from Soils RUDN agronomists studied the microbial waters and soils in the Arctic and found some of the detected microorganisms are able to “digest”...
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Building Zone Industries technology and innovations deliver Safety and efficiency
Building Zone Industries technology and innovations deliver Safety and efficiency Building Zone Industries, LLC, a national leader in construction and technology for safer, simpler and more efficient...
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Oil and Bitumen Highlights: Geopolitical Risks adds Up to Energy Crisis
Oil and Bitumen Highlights: Geopolitical Risks adds Up to Energy Crisis Bitumen Report – October 03 2022 The oil market was confused deciding on the trend. The price moderately grew during the w...
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Wiltshire Heavy Building Materials acquired by Aggregate Industries
Wiltshire Heavy Building Materials acquired by Aggregate Industries Construction materials supplier Aggregate Industries, a member of the Holcim Group, has announced the acquisition of Wiltshire Heavy...
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Benninghoven driving sustainability in Asphalt Production
Benninghoven driving sustainability in Asphalt Production Working more efficiently with sustainable and economical technologies is the challenge of today and tomorrow. Solutions from Benninghoven lowe...
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Turning old Batteries into new ones with Recycled Materials
Turning old Batteries into new ones with Recycled Materials Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is largely involved in a new battery recycling project. LiBinfinity focuses on a holistic concept fo...
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BMW revolutionising car industry with parts made from recycled fishing nets
BMW revolutionising car industry with parts made from recycled fishing nets In a first for the automotive industry, the models of the NEUE KLASSE due to be launched from 2025 onwards will feature trim...
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Pavement marking materials company Ozark Materials acquired by Ingevity
Pavement marking materials company Ozark Materials acquired by Ingevity Ingevity Corporation today announced that it has completed its previously disclosed acquisition of privately-owned Ozark Materia...
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Putting the strain on fuel cells to boost performance
Putting the strain on fuel cells to boost performance Many of us are probably all too familiar with how strain in work relationships can impact performance, but new research shows that materials in el...
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Oil and Bitumen Highlights: Confused Traders Wondering in Markets
Oil and Bitumen Highlights: Confused Traders Wondering in Markets Bitumen Report – September 12, 2022 All Markets have lingered in shock of oil as crude suddenly fell by 8% and quickly recovered after...
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