As microchips become ever smaller, and therefore faster, the shrinking size of their copper interconnects leads to increased electrical resistivity at the nanoscale. Finding a solution to this impending technical…
December 2017
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NEW MMTA Guide Available Here A beginner’s guide to help you get started What’s Responsible Sourcing? Responsible Sourcing is when a business looks at not only the cost, quality and…
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Dear Members November 5th – both Guy Fawkes Day and the New York Marathon. You will, of course, guess which is more important here. Town has a number of visitors.…
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The Crucible: December 2017
Molten metal enables climate-friendly hydrogen production
by MMTA December 8, 2017A method for making hydrogen from methane without emitting carbon dioxide could be a new route to a sustainable future for fossil fuels. Chemists and engineers at the University of…
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Drops of liquid metal can be grown into snowflake shapes, researchers have discovered. When a team of scientists from the North Carolina State University, US, tried to use a droplet…
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Mechanical engineers Carmel Majidi and James Wissman of the Soft Machines Lab at Carnegie Mellon University have been looking at new ways to create electronics that are not just digitally…
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The Crucible: December 2017
Amorphous metallic glass for high-sensitivity MEMS microphones
by MMTA December 8, 2017Advanced microphones using microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) are capable of supporting new user interactions with “smart” devices, like chatting with Apple’s Siri, or Amazon’s Alexa. The key to achieving the high…
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The European Commission’s second annual raw materials week in Brussels took place during the first week of November. Over the week, various meetings and conferences were held on material issues…
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The Crucible: December 2017
Tesla have announced a ‘semi-truck’ and sports car
by MMTA December 8, 2017Elon Musk unveiled Tesla’s first electric semi-truck last week that also included the surprise reveal of a new Tesla sports car. The new Roadster emerged from the back of one…
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The MMTA welcomed over 200 guests to the impressive ballroom of 1 Great George Street during LME week for good food and great company. Dr Robin Gleek was able to…
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Electrolysis, splitting water molecules with electricity, is the cleanest way to obtain hydrogen, a clean and renewable fuel. Now, researchers at ICIQ and URV, led by Prof. José Ramón Galán-Mascarós,…