Although concrete is commonly perceived as a dry and dense substance, it is actually an inherently porous material that more closely resembles a hard sponge. Within concrete’s matrix are microscopic ...

Since the 1920s, sheet steel has been the most commonly utilized structural material in the automobile industry, with steel’s strength and stiffness making it ideally suited for durable chassis and ...

Your car's paint job does more than make your vehicle look good — it protects the metal body from rust and corrosion. But exposure to the sun, road debris and other factors can damage it over time.

BMW researchers have demonstrated that camera-based inspection systems can catch manufacturing flaws in battery electrodes ...

Authors: Aiwen Wu (Entegris, Inc. — United States), Hareen Bayana (Entegris GmbH — Germany), Philippe Foubert (imec — Belgium), Andrea Chacko and Douglas Guererro (Brewer Science, Inc. — United States ...

The prototype kilogram – to which all scales are calibrated to – is losing weight. International efforts are striving to redefine the base unit for measuring mass and, in future, redefine the kilogram ...

In 1973, the book, 'The Limits to Growth', highlighted chromium — used in tanning, metal production and finishing and corrosion protection — as one of the elements that human civilization would run ...

Pipeline coating is the engineered application of protective layers to the external and/or internal surfaces of line pipe to control corrosion, resist mechanical damage, improve hydraulic performance, ...