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4 reasons why tribology matters in the Net-Zero Race

20.02.2023

Tribology, the study of friction, wear and lubrication, is a well known field of study in mechanical engineering. Yet, for non-engineers, this is a rather unknown topic, and its importance is not always well understood. [...]
Models Predicting When and How Roads Will Deteriorate

27.01.2020

Heriberto Perez, a researcher at the UPV/EHU’s Faculty of Engineering-Bilbao, has developed behavior models able to predict the future deterioration of roads. The models focus on two different aspects, the international roughness index (IRI) and [...]
Graphene based metamaterials

17.10.2022

Introduction Material science has always been the cornerstone of major technological developments of humankind. Achieving commercial flight capability, micro chips, space flight and deep sea exploration are in one way or the other interlinked with [...]
Evolving friction of graphene

28.11.2016

Two-dimensional materials are defined as substances with the thickness less than few nanometers. While there may exist around 500 of various 2D materials, the first discovered 2D material is graphene. Graphene is flexible, transparent, possesses [...]
Making Lubricants From Plastic Waste

30.03.2020

Single-use plastics have a bad reputation for contributing to the earth’s environmental and pollution issues. With the world’s ever-vigilant focus on protecting the environment, society is determined to halt the use of single-use plastics, such [...]

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