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Bernal Director Luuk van der Wielen appointed Platform Bio-Economie Chairman in the Netherlands
Platform Bio-Economie (PBE) consolidates its strategic reorientation towards becoming the leading industry organisation targeting the development of a fully renewable and sustainable, CO2-neutral society in which product chains are as circular and biobased [...]
UL and Analog partner on digital learning tool to recreate lab environment at home
A new remote active learning device has enabled engineering students at University of Limerick to recreate the lab environment at home through technology developed by Analog Devices Inc. Over 400 engineering students at [...]
Same or different – that is the question: identification of crystal forms from crystal structure data
The correct identification and recognition of different solid forms is critical in chemical #Crystallography. Traditionally this task required careful crystallographic analyses of the experimental crystals' structure, morphology and physical properties. In the [...]
Researchers develop a process to eliminate defects in composite components
A novel manufacturing process to make complex components such as aircraft windows and engine casings has been designed and successfully tested at the Bernal Institute Composite Materials Lab. This manufacturing technique can [...]
Composite materials to make space applications more economical
A paper published in Composites Part B: Engineering describes the development of a lightweight and compact deployable space boom using shape-changing, composite lattices. This boom can deploy up to 20 times its [...]
Science paper opens new research line for the development of drug materials
A new drug product that combines multiple anti-inflammatory steroids in a single crystalline and stable material is described in the recent journal article published in IUCrJ. This research challenges old beliefs that such [...]