As the third generation of his family to be a part of the metal supply business, Greg Nolan wanted to make his own mark in ...

A good battery needs two things: high energy density to power devices, and stability, so it can be safely and reliably recharged thousands of times. For the past three decades, lithium-ion batteries ...

Scientists develop positive electrode material using an organic redox polymer based on phenothiazine. Aluminium-ion batteries containing this material stored an unprecedented 167 milliampere hours per ...

Cars these days are equipped with tons of advanced features, and this, among many other things, makes them quite heavy. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), average new vehicle ...

Stronger than glass, various military and commercial applications for this remarkable material are already being tested. What was once used in the science-fiction Star Trek movies, see-through ...

Truck fans have argued for years about whether the aluminum body used on the Ford F-150 was the correct choice. While it lightened the vehicle by hundreds of pounds and proved to be incredibly ...

[The following article is an excerpt from “Aluminium Recyclability and Recycling: Towards Sustainable Cities,” written by Michael Stacey and published by Cwningen Press in 2015. The document can be ...

Engineers still seem to prefer stainless steel vacuum chambers over aluminum ones. But aluminum provides benefits for vacuum chambers, especially for ultra-high (UHV) and extreme vacuum applications. ...

Additive manufacturing (AM), commonly known as 3D printing, has emerged as a transformative technology, particularly in the aerospace and biomedical ...

Researchers are using aluminum foil to create batteries with higher energy density and greater stability. The team's new battery system could enable electric vehicles to run longer on a single charge ...