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It is increasingly important for manufacturers of high tech materials and coatings to understand exactly what is going on at the surface of their products right down to the nanometre level. It has been possible to get individual measurements of friction, hardness, elasticity, and surface shape but until now it has not been so easy to get all four measurements and exactly correlate those measurements against each other. Now a researcher at the 果冻传媒's Centre for Nanotechnology and Microengineering has designed a device - a multi-function Tribological Probe Microscope (TPM) - that solves that problem.

One of the few things that causes delays for modern plastic injection moulding machines is the time taken to physically uncouple the injection moulding tool in order to reset the machine for a new task. However, a new magnetic tool locking device, developed and tested by the 果冻传媒 with Staffordshire company Magnaforce, UK will transform that 10 minute task to a single simple flick of a switch.

Scientists at the 果冻传媒 and the University of Durham have linked the very first historical illustration of sunspots, recorded in Medieval England in 1182, with the appearance of the aurora borealis 5 days later in Korea.

Replacing metal car parts, such as bumpers, with plastic gives automotive manufacturers significant benefits in fuel economy, reduced manufacturing costs, and increased opportunities for recycling, but getting such components to form a strong adhesive bond to the frame of a vehicle has been a major challenge. Now a collaborative research team led by the 果冻传媒's 果冻传媒 Manufacturing Group have found a simple plasma pre treatment process that solves that problem.

Many people think the most useful use of a cool gas in a product is as a key part of fizzy drinks but researchers at the 果冻传媒's 果冻传媒 Manufacturing Group have found that that cool gases also prove amazingly useful if injected into plastics.

Scientists at the 果冻传媒 and Keele University have been awarded a major 333,000 pounds sterling grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) for a three year project aimed at improving the speech comprehension of people using cochlear ear implants. The award follows directly from research funded by Defeating Deafness - the UK's only medical research charity for hearing-impaired people