The Air Force Research Laboratory Materials and Manufacturing Directorate (AFRL/RX) recently signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with Creare LLC in order to transfer hardware and software to the Hanover, New Hampshire company so that Creare can continue important research to develop non-contact inspection methods for aircraft components.  More details are available in this AFRL […]

Hydrothermal vents are formed by seawater that percolates through fissures in the ocean crust in regions where the Earth’s tectonic plates are spreading or colliding.  The cold sea water is heated by hot magma and then emanates from vents in the seafloor. Water issuing from hydrothermal vents may reach temperatures of over 700° F. The […]