Industry News

• RMIT technique makes MOFs in minutes 24th May 2019
  Researchers from RMIT University in Australia have demonstrated a novel method of quickly producing metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) that avoids high temperatures or chemical solvents. MOFs are versatile and super porous nanomaterials that can be used for sensing and trapping substances at minute concentrations or for purification of water or air. According to RMIT, MOFs can […]
• European consortium aims for additive advances 24th May 2019
  Sheffield University is part of a €17m European consortium developing the next generation of 3D printing technology capabilities to advance the reliability, speed and quality of additive processes. The ‘Intelligent data-driven pipeline for the manufacturing of certified metal parts through Direct Energy Deposition’ (INTEGRADDE) project is led by AIMEN Centro Tecnológico in Spain, and involves […]
• Drug development boost from microscopy project 23rd May 2019
  Approximately 80 per cent of new drugs fail when they reach clinical trials, as researchers are unable to fully investigate their effects within living organisms before this stage. Now a new £30m electron microscopy project is aiming to allow researchers to see how a particular drug works within a patient at a cellular level, before […]
• Water-activated material may find applications in robotics 23rd May 2019
  Columbia University team develops composite containing bacterial matter that responds to humidity  Most soft robotics systems rely on synthetic polymers which respond to external stimuli to produce their movement. However, such polymers tend to be slow to respond, cannot generate high power or force, and fail on contact with water. The Columbia team, based in […]
• RoboRaise reads signals to co-operate with humans 23rd May 2019
  Robots might one day work intuitively with humans following the development of RoboRaise, a system that lets machines detect changes in a person’s movements in order to mirror them. The advance from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) could lead to robot-human interaction in manufacturing and construction settings. CSAIL’s RoboRaise involves placing electromyography […]