New copper coating could be the next superbug fighter
A new copper coating that kills bacteria quicker and in greater amounts than current formulations could soon be available for hospitals and other high-traffic facilities......»»
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl review: A fighter with its eggs in one basket
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is a promising platform fighter with great combat that's lacking in other areas......»»
Volcanic grit, water shortage threaten La Palma"s bananas
"It's worse than a plague," curses Pedro Antonio Sanchez, fuming over the volcanic grit coating his bananas, the main source of wealth on the Canaries' island of La Palma......»»
Nintendo wraps Smash Bros. roster with Kingdom Hearts’ Sora
Almost 3 years of DLC additions end with a little Disney-Final Fantasy magic. Kingdom Hearts' Sora is the final fighter to be added in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's Challenger Pack 11.....»»
Top Gun 2: Why Tom Cruise Wasn"t Allowed To Fly An F-18 Fighter Jet
Throughout Top Gun: Maverick, Tom Cruise's character Pete "Maverick" Mitchell pilots multiple aircraft, but the US Navy forbade the actor from piloting the F-18 Super Hornet. Set for release, after several bumps in its schedule, on May 27,.....»»
Team measures the breakup of a single chemical bond
The team used a high-resolution atomic force microscope (AFM) operating in a controlled environment at Princeton's Imaging and Analysis Center. The AFM probe, whose tip ends in a single copper atom, was moved gradually closer to the iron-carbon bond.....»»
Copper foil shortage could force motherboard and GPU prices higher
DigiTimes (paywalled, per Tom’s Hardware) is reporting that copper foil used to make printed circuit boards continues to be in short supply, and that suppliers are encountering rising costs as a result. As such, one has to wonder how much of the co.....»»
Liquid metal coating creates effective antiviral, antimicrobial fabric
An international team of researchers has used liquid gallium to create an antiviral and antimicrobial coating and tested it on a range of fabrics, including facemasks. The coating adhered more strongly to fabric than some conventional metal coatings,.....»»
Demon Slayer: The Hinokami Chronicles shows promise, but feels incomplete
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles is a new arena fighter with a lot going for it, but a bit holding it back......»»
Copper foil supply remains constrained
Supply of copper foils has been constrained due to longer delivery times for crucial production equipment, while copper foil suppliers continue to encounter rising costs, according to industry sources......»»
High-end CCL supply stays tight, price hikes likely in 2022
Supply of high-end CCLs continues to fall short of demand, and suppliers in Taiwan are likely to further hike their quotes in 2022 to reflect higher copper foil costs, according to industry sources......»»
China"s Lehman Brothers Moment?
The New York Times: Angry home buyers are waiting on as many as 1.6 million apartments. Suppliers that sold cement, paint, rebar and copper pipes are owed more than $100 billion in payments. Employees who were strong-armed into lending are panicking.....»»
Study confirms superior sound of a Stradivari is due to the varnish
Chemicals used to soak the wood include borax, zinc, copper, alum, and lime water. Enlarge / A 1729 Stradivari known as the "Solomon, Ex-Lambert" on display at Christie's in New York in March 2007. (credit: Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images) Along w.....»»
New physics research reveals fresh complexities about electron behavior in materials
When electrons flow through a conductor—such as the copper wires in our phone chargers or the silicon chips in the circuit boards of our laptops—they collide with material impurities and with each other in a tiny atomic frenzy. Their interaction.....»»
Material and coating process to protect ceramic parts
Post-pandemic vacation travel was among the biggest stories of summer 2021, raising questions about air travel's contribution to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. According to the Environmental and Energy Study Institute, 710 million tons.....»»
ASC 100: Thailand"s Stark Corporation buys Vietnam cables companies for US$240 million
Founded in 1968 in Bangkok, Thailand, Stark Corporation has been manufacturing and distributing electric wires for more than 50 years. The company also manufactures aluminum and copper conductor and handles human resource business......»»
CenturyLink selling copper network in 20 states instead of installing fiber
Private-equity firm Apollo will take on 1.3 million CenturyLink Internet users. Enlarge / A CenturyLink service van parked in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on May 2, 2019. (credit: Getty Images | Robert Alexander ) CenturyLink is selling large portion.....»»
Nan Ya optimistic about 2H21
Nan Ya Plastics expects to enjoy more robust growth in sales of its copper foil and other electronic materials in the second half of 2021, while seeking more vertical integration of its supply chain......»»
Superconductivity in high-Tc cuprates: "From maximal to minimal dissipation"—a new paradigm?
Researchers from the University of Bristol's School of Physics used some of Europe's strongest continuous magnetic fields to uncover evidence of exotic charge carriers in the metallic state of copper-oxide high-temperature superconductors (high-Tc cu.....»»
New strategy for drug design: Keeping copper atoms closer to keep bacteria away
The discovery of antibiotics was a huge breakthrough in medicine, which helped save countless lives. Unfortunately, their widespread use has led to the rapid evolution of highly resistant bacterial strains, which threaten to take humanity back to squ.....»»
Three Die After Untreatable "Superbug" Fungus Infections in Two Different Cities
"U.S. health officials said Thursday they now have evidence of an untreatable fungus spreading in two hospitals and a nursing home," reports the Associated Press: The "superbug" outbreaks were reported in a Washington, D.C, nursing home and at two D.....»»