... and Technology (NIST). In a recent paper,* the researchers established that a titanium compound added to engine oil creates a wear-resistant nanoscale layer bound to the surface of vulnerable engine ...
Titanium, a protean element with applications from pigments to aerospace alloys, could get a new role as an environmentally friendly additive for automotive oil.
... Ajayan, Rice's Benjamin M. and Mary Greenwood Anderson Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science. "Our approach brings the concept of self-assembling, functional nanomaterials one ...
... said Francesco Stellacci, an associate professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and leader of the work.
In addition to its environmental applications, the nanowire paper could ...
... ,* pig manure crude will require a lot of refining.
The ersatz oil used in the NIST analyses was provided by engineer Yuanhui Zhang of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Zhang developed a ...
A North Carolina State University engineer has been awarded a $1.6 million grant from the U.S. ... which are naturally hot - including volcanic sediments, hot springs and brines from deep oil wells.
Student engineers designed an innovative and cost-effective apparatus that enables poor East African women to turn abundant coconuts into valuable coconut oil.
... is scheduled for the Oct. 1 issue of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.
Jalal Shayegan and colleagues point ... -called "heavy," or high-sulfur, crude oil convert sulfur to hydrogen sulfide gas ...
... for cleaning up oil-contaminated soils," explains Dr. Robin Brigmon, SRNL Fellow Engineer. From that lagoon, they identified microbes that could break down the oil to carbon dioxide and ...
... , the field of fluid dynamics addresses some of the most important questions in modern astronomy, engineering, alternative energy, and medicine. Later this month, the largest scientific meeting of the ...
... in Asia. They derived phorbol from the croton oil and then converted it into the structure of prostratin.
The conversion process required some engineering finesse; they had to overcome a hurdle when ...
... and sustenance, with cheap and plentiful supplies of fossil fuels powering the economic engine of the industrial age, leading to the broad diversity of products synthesized from petroleum. With ...
... beaks are exquisitely adapted to the birds' feeding strategy. A team of MIT mathematicians and engineers has now explained exactly how some shorebirds use their long, thin beaks to defy gravity and ...
... a child, Cheng Luo, an engineer from the University of Texas at Arlington, recalls playing with wooden toy ... oil slid off into the water, it created lower surface tension behind the boat than in front, ...
... , such as obesity and diabetes. Additionally, the findings have implications for engineering plants and microorganisms to maximize seed oil production and biofuels, respectively.
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