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Speedier manufacturing for stronger aluminum alloys

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Developed at PNNL, Shear Assisted Processing and Extrusion, or ShAPE™, uses significantly less energy and can deliver components like wire, tubes and bars 10 times faster than conventional extrusion, with no sacrifice in quality.

Journal: Journal of Manufacturing Processes

This device could usher in GPS-free navigation

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

Sandia National Laboratories has created the first device that is small, energy-efficient and reliable enough to potentially move quantum sensors — sensors that use quantum mechanics to outperform conventional technologies — from the lab into commercial use