Industrial Engineering/Chemistry

Credit: UNIST Heavy traffic on narrow roads could be one of the leading causes of traffic congestion and this applies to communication networks, as well. If more data is collected than the allowed data capacity, communication latency…

Credit: UNIST The primary component of natural gas, methane, is itself a potent greenhouse gas. A recent study, affiliated with UNIST has unveiled a high performance catalyst for methane conversion to formaldehyde. This breakthrough has…

Researchers at Kanazawa University discover how to make pearlite stretch or contract more by changing the distance between irregularities in atomic arrangements along its nanolayer boundariesCredit: Kanazawa University Ishikawa, Japan -…

Credit: Martin Rahm/Chalmers University of Technology Electronegativity is one of the most well-known models for explaining why chemical reactions occur. Now, Martin Rahm from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, has redefined the…

New research, led by the University of Leicester, will optimize the welding and additive and manufacturing process Arc welding and additive manufacturing are hugely important for creating large metal components relatively inexpensively and…

Scientists calculate areas needed for forestation and artificial photosynthesisCredit: M. May/HZB After several years during which global emissions at least stagnated, they rose again somewhat in 2017 and 2018. Germany has also clearly…

Credit: SUTD Traditional robotic systems with rigid parts often pose a threat to human operators. Recently flourishing soft actuators and robots, in contrast, offer excellent adaptivity to surroundings and safe, coexisting interaction…

Credit: Virginia Tech Catalysts are materials widely used in industry to speed reactions for making gasoline, pharmaceutical drugs, and for cleaning up car exhaust. They typically contain expensive precious metals, which can make…

Theoretical analysis distinguishes observed 'holes' from the huge list of hypothetically possible ones CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Amid the frenzy of worldwide research on atomically thin materials like graphene, there is one area that has eluded…

What changes when the beer agesCredit: Dr. Martin Steinhaus A new study by the Leibniz-Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich ([email protected]) shows that craft beer should be kept cool and consumed as…