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Written by admin23Jul, 2021

A question of time

When the history of the twenty-first century comes to be written, one of the most puzzling questions to be asked will be why, in the information age, millions of people still pay to dial a number on their phones to find out the time.

Nearly 80 years after its formation, Britain’s speaking clock, the world’s original telephone time service, remains an essential part of British life. This is despite the nearly ubiquity of timing displays—at least not on mobile phones that people drop to call 123 from a certain line.

For some people, sometimes accuracy matters. There are peaks in the use of spoken clock, for example, on New Year’s Eve, or when clocks are set one hour forward and backward, respectively, the start and end of British Summer Time.

There is another way, at least in the UK. BBC radio regularly broadcasts the same time signal used to set the speaking clock – affectionately known as pips. In fact, it has become as much a feature of few shows as the material planned around it. Time is more than a British institution; It is woven into the cultural fabric of everyday life.

Pips are drawn from an atomic clock held at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in Teddington, near London. One of the most accurate in the world, the NPL clock is tuned for regular bursts of light emitted by cesium atoms when they are excited by microwaves. The clock loses about one second every 138 million years—accuracy enough for an hour-long late commuter who forgot to set his clock at night, but not accurate enough for some.

In a paper published on Nature’s website this week, Time Lords in the United States describe the latest advances in chronometry, and one that is as superior to atomic pips as those pips were to the mechanical devices they replaced.

Researchers have created a clock based not on cesium but on strontium. More importantly, it uses much, much higher optical frequencies. This gives devices, called optical clocks, more accuracy than those that rely on microwaves. The new optical clock, for example, won’t lose a second even if it runs for 5 billion years.

It is also extremely stable – another key measure of timekeeping. (Accuracy defines how closely the clock’s output matches the desired time signal, while stability is a measure of how stable the output is. A clock that loses exactly one second each day is inaccurate but stable , for example.)

The unveiling of a super-precise strontium optical clock comes just months after a related group revealed a device based on ytterbium. Other laboratories around the world have their own designs. Inevitably, the increased accuracy and reliability of optical clocks is fueling debate about whether they can be used to determine the end time, and redefine the other. (There are no official plans to do so, but plans are underway to redefine other SI units.) These are prime times for metrology: a world view on page 455 Attempts to measure another fundamental constant Describes: Big G.

Nature has a special stake in the race to develop new atomic clocks. Back in January 2003, we published a news feature that surveyed the scene and tried to predict what would happen (D. Adam Nature 421, 207–208; 2003). Within a decade, the piece suggested, optical clocks could rise to prominence and raise new debate about the definition of the other.

The ten-year event horizon is a major cornerstone of scientific journalism, and most promised breakthroughs fail to materialize on deadlines. In contrast, the latest developments in atomic timekeeping have come on time. well almost.

Written by admin29Jun, 2021

The hackers teaching old DNA sequencers new tricks

In a basement storeroom at Stanford University in California, the guts of a dozen DNA sequencers have been uncovered – cameras and lasers, optics and fluid controllers worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, all cleaned up with a late-model, next-generation Illumina DNA sequencer is. Called GAIIx. On the floor, the shell of an old instrument sits empty, raised like a dead body. “I sound like a hoarder,” says Stanford biophysicist William Greenleaf.

But over the past 6 years, the collection has fueled an effort that has involved nearly half of Greenleaf’s 18-member lab team. While most researchers use DNA sequencers to sequence, well, DNA, Greenleaf’s team is one of a small number that has repurposed the tools for an entirely different goal: macromolecular interactions and proteins on a larger scale from RNA and protein. Folding for enzyme function to study nucleic-acid biochemistry.

“It’s a revolutionary technology,” says Stanford biochemist Dan Herschlag, who uses it to study the interactions between RNA and other molecules.

This provides “deep and comprehensive quantitative information,” he says, “which allows researchers to build more accurate biophysical and cellular models for molecular interactions, and which leads to a truly predictive understanding of biological systems.” An important step in that direction”.

Broadly speaking, the work demonstrates what is possible when scientists look at the guts of their hardware – evidence that the device isn’t necessarily because it’s old or out of date.

But there’s a reason this kind of technology development is called the bleeding edge: Things often go wrong. Sarah Denny, a biophysicist who graduated from Greenleaf’s lab this year, asked whether her devices offer ‘plug-and-play’ simplicity.

“Many times after you’ve done an experiment, something will break and you have to figure out how to make it work again,” she says. But considering the amount of data she could extract, the reward was well worth the pain. In Denny’s case, his team gained a better understanding of RNA folding. Such is life, do it in yourself.

Biophysics on a chip

When GAIIx dropped in 2008, it was a hot commodity. Some sequencing centers had dozens of devices, costing around US$600,000; In 1 week, a machine can pull out the 30 billion letter bases that make up DNA. But by 2011, when Greenleaf set up its lab at Stanford, the industry rapidly shifted to hardware—such as the Illumina HiSeq 2000—that was more efficient and user-friendly, and people were giving their old machines away. “They’re basically big paperweights,” Greenleaf says.

Illumina sequencers automate a sequencing-by-synthesis process. A DNA library is randomly arranged on a device called a flow cell, and stretched in place to form small groups of approximately 1,000 molecules, each representing a single piece of genetic information.

The building blocks of DNA, or nucleotides, are then transferred onto a chip, each with a unique fluorescent signature and a reversible chemical modification.

This process ensures that only one nucleotide can be added to each cluster. The sequencer then images the array, and ‘calls’, or reads, based on the color at each position, which base was added. Then the modification is removed, and the process is repeated, allowing the entire sequence to be identified by base.

At their core, these devices are high-end microscopes with liquid handlers that help move reagents around. Some of their components – notably cameras, lasers and moving stages – can cost thousands of dollars. In 2009, Christopher Burge, an RNA biologist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, realized that it might be possible to rearrange that hardware to do something else.

Basics of hacking

“GAII is basically a pumping system that pumps things onto a flow cell and then to a fancy imaging system,” Burge says. “We realized that, well, maybe you can pump other things onto the flow cell.”

This, he says, is because GAIIx was an ‘open system’, controlled using editable configuration files called recipes and loaded with reagents that could be replaced by simply substituting one tube for another.

Could have done. From the inside, the machine was evenly spaced, with off-the-shelf, third-party components held together with cable ties. “In retrospect, this looks like a high-school science project,” says Gary Schroth, a biochemist who directs the genomics-applications group at Illumina in San Diego, Calif., and who in his early studies Collaborated with Burge.

The new Illumina equipment, by contrast, is more polished with custom hardware, hardwired control software and barcoded reagents – features that improve the user experience but deter hacking.

Jacob Tome John Liss, a molecular biologist at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

Written by admin27Jun, 2021

The pros and cons of mentoring by Skype

Shoba is a Research Fellow at the Amarnath Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, UK, and mentored by Judy Allen, an immunobiologist at the University of Manchester, UK. Their mentorship arrangement was conducted as part of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences Springboard programme, which provides financial and practical support to biomedical researchers.

The research focus of Amarnath’s lab is understanding how the immune system inhibits the responses of particular proteins (known as immunosuppressants) in the body, specifically cell-surface receptors such as PD-1, T cells and innate lymphoid cells. how to control. Allen’s laboratory worm parasites study the interactions between worms and their hosts.

Shoba Amarnath

I applied for the Springboard program because it came with a bespoke mentoring system. I liked the fact that this is not hierarchical advice. This is not a Senior Principal Investigator (PI) in your department. Instead, it is a person who is expert in his field. And you have to choose them instead of being assigned to them. I chose someone in immunology. I wanted to understand the scenario.

Judy gives me a broader perspective. Although I did my PhD in the United Kingdom, I never really got into the scientific culture here. After moving here from Chennai, India, I completed my Master’s and PhD in Cancer Immunotherapy at Hull University, UK.

I then did a postdoc in Wanjun Chen’s lab at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. After spending a total of ten years at the NIH, you forget how everything else works. For example, the NIH receives major funding from the federal government, and researchers there do not write grant applications at all. That’s why I never wrote one. I did not know.

I first spoke to Judy in late 2016 and we met for the first time in December of that year. We communicate using Skype, but also in immunology meetings. I e-mail him about my progress and I’ve contacted him again to discuss some of the things happening in my group, including a paper I’m working on for the Journal of Experimental Medicine. was.

She really centers my thought processes. A few months ago, for example, she suggested that the next step for me would be to focus on a larger grant. As a new Pi, this is all very helpful. You don’t know what the important milestones are. In academia this is all ambiguous. There are no set rules.

I give advice to people now and I ask Judy about it. It’s important for junior colleagues to be there. As PI, it is my thoughts that are being taken forward. I really try to step aside and let the students drive the projects and their careers.

One thing I am learning, which is very difficult, is not to push people to academic training. Academics should not always be the focus. It is a bit difficult for an academic to reconcile. I was fortunate enough to be aware of elective tracks, as all my friends at NIH went on to non-academic careers, including policy and grant management. We need scientists in these careers who can advocate for science.

Judy allen

When the people of Academy of Medical Sciences asked me to mentor Shoba, they said that I have to do a mentoring course. One thing I learned from that course that I didn’t fully appreciate is advising someone in your lab who you have a vested interest in, and someone who is outside of your direct influence.

The people I mentor through the academy are completely far from anything with me. I’m more likely to tell a remote person that they should quit or something isn’t working, but I would find it very hard to tell someone in Manchester, as I know them personally and their success . There’s a reflection on me in my lab. I need them to be successful. This is a very different process.

I mentor two people through the Springboard program. I’m well aware of the internal politics of where Shoba and the other person works, so a lot of advice in distance mentoring focuses on how well someone treats their head of department. does.

I try to establish whether they have a good relationship or not and urge them to go to him first. Sometimes women don’t think to ask: “What do you expect from me? What will it take for me to reach the next promotion stage?” I emphasize that whatever I say should not be the last word.

Skype is a wonderful invention and I’m happy to use it at any time, but I think it’s important to meet in person. I have a meeting in Newcastle in a few weeks and would suggest to Shoba that we meet again for lunch.

The main challenge of remote mentoring is that you don’t click with anyone.

Written by admin25Jun, 2021

How retirement can give your career a new lease of life

Louis Chen was technically due to retire in 2005. Mathematicians at the National University of Singapore were turning 65, the university’s official retirement age. But his tenure as director of the university’s new Institute of Mathematical Sciences was only five years, and the university wanted him to remain. So he stayed for seven more years, stepping down in 2012. Over the next 18 months, he traveled and had knee surgery, before returning to teach graduate courses for a year in the summer of 2014.

Then, in 2015, the chain’s provost took her to lunch. “He told me it was probably time for me to leave,” says Chen, who was happy to retire. But he still hasn’t really quit: He’s at his university office three or four times a week. “I can’t give up on my research,” Chen says. “It’s a passion.”

In July 2015, he was appointed emeritus professor, a title that comes with perks: he is eligible to apply for grants, and continues his research on probability and statistics. He maintains his e-mail address and library access, and is happy to say, “Free parking for life.”

Go your way

There are as many ways to retire as there are scientists; There is no right or wrong way. Many researchers wish to continue their academic career in some form or the other. Emeritus title may allow scientists to hold laboratory or office space or apply for grants; Associated privileges vary widely.

However, research funding probably won’t flow as generously as they used to, and Emerity usually overestimates its research space and teams. Some retired scientists turn to other projects, such as writing books or doing charitable work. The keys to a full retirement, those happy to step down from full-time work, are to line up positions and projects, and prepare for the emotional toll the transition can take.

Worldwide, the ranks of people 60 or older are expected to rise. For example, the United Nations predicts that by 2050, 21% of the world’s population will be at least 60 years old, up from 10% in 2000.

Among scientists, in particular, the average age is increasing. In the United States, the average age of scientists increased from 45 to 48.6 between 1993 and 2010, and is expected to climb further. The trend is similar in Europe.

National rules on retirement vary widely. In Sweden, for example, it is mandatory at the age of 67; In South Africa, at the age of 65. There is no mandatory age requirement in the United States and Canada.

Although statistics on active retirees and retirees are scarce, a 2014 survey of retired medical professors from 20 countries found that many continued to teach, and more than 40% published at least one paper or book in the past year. of (Ng de Santo et al.). QJM 107, 405-407; 2014).

Researchers who are nearing retirement should start preparing for it as soon as possible, advises Amy Straise, assistant vice president of faculty development at San Jose State University in California. There can be many options to research and one will have to weigh in to make a decision.

For example, in some universities where retirement is an option, faculty members may take advantage of phased retirement plans.

This means they can close their research while working part-time, as long as they commit to a full retirement date within a few years. People who are required to step down from their positions at a certain age may be able to find unpaid positions, or jobs arranged in countries with high retirement ages.

Some retired faculty members achieve emeritus status, although the meaning of that title varies widely between institutions and nations. In some universities, it is given pro forma to retiring full professors.

In others, it is an honor given only to pre-eminent researchers. “It’s retirement with distinction,” says Kimberly Reid, assistant director of the Florida Center for Inclusive Communities at the University of South Florida (USF) in Tampa. Read the researched retirement and emeritus issues for a 2016 PhD thesis at USF, focusing on the oral history of an emeritus professor.

Emeritus is the last rung on the academic trajectory from assistant professor to associate to full. Receiving this final promotion is often akin to receiving those first, in that a committee evaluates an individual’s research or service contribution to the university, and administrators approve the decision to honor.

For some, the title emeritus is a final feather in their academic hat as they walk through the door. Others take it as a commitment to further engagement with the university. “You want to continue helping the department,” explains Dean Martin, an emeritus professor of chemistry at USF and Reed’s research topic. Every morning, he comes to his office, where he conducts research and publishes papers, gives advice to students, departmental newspapers.

Written by admin24Jun, 2021

Why organizing a scientific conference can produce huge benefits

Organizing a scientific conference can be a daunting prospect. You know it can provide exceptional career benefits by fostering your network and helping you develop those well-known soft skills: communication, teamwork and time management. But you might think that the process involves an unacceptable level of stress, complications in your unpredictable schedule, and even more delays in that unfinished project.

Still, you should consider the alternative. You will refine skills that are not necessarily innate and which you will need in any job. Why not coax them into setting up an enthusiastic student body?

I became involved in student activism during my high-school days in Italy, before moving to the United Kingdom to study physics in 2010. As an undergraduate at Imperial College London, I joined student associations to meet like-minded people and get a taste of a variety of research fields.

I visited my department’s laboratories and found that the gratitude of other students is extremely rewarding. Through the Imperial College Physics Society, I also co-organized several trips, some of which later led me to pursue my PhD in plasma physics – our visits to the Culham Center for Fusion Energy near Oxford in 2013, 2014 Other than none. and 2015.

A separate chapter began in August 2014, when I and six others together founded the Italian Association of Physics Students (AISF). Since then, our group has grown to over 1,000 members in Italy and has become one of the most active in the International Association of Physics Students (IAPS).

We have organized public lectures, lab tours and outreach events, offer simple demonstrations to school groups of all ages and participated in the 2015 International Light Year Celebrations, which aims to highlight the importance of lighting and optical technologies .

Since then, AISF has also made annual visits to Italy’s Gran Sasso National Laboratory in Abruzzo, the European Gravitational Observatory near Pisa, and other major research facilities. The Italian Conference of Physics Students has become our premier annual gathering, bringing together over 100 students from institutions across the country in a different city every year.

In 2015, a year after the establishment of AISF, we submitted a bid to host the 32nd International Conference of Physics Students (ICPS). It seemed a bit over-ambitious at first, but we demonstrated that our collaboration could raise the necessary funding and institutional support. It could hardly have been better.

In August 2017, the ICPS took place in the Italian city of Turin with 450 participants from 44 countries, and included about 200 talks and posters from university students of all levels.

I was part of an excellent team that helped showcase Italian academic research, the wonders of our national cuisine, and local artistic treasures. Our program included visits to the Turin Astrophysical Observatory, the Sacra di San Michele Abbey, and the traditional wine cellar.

Organizing student events shapes how you collaborate with people. I found out what kind of team player I am. I learned that balanced group dynamics fosters motivation, enthusiasm, and effectiveness, rather than individual strenuous efforts.

I’ve always wanted my influence to exceed my direct reach, and so it was necessary to connect with others who are leading my efforts. It has been extremely rewarding to see other people freely repeat the events that I started.

I started with practicality, but had little understanding of the art of compromise. This is now compelled to me by countless online meetings, most recently as part of a committee to reform the rules of the IAPS.

The international setting of these efforts gave me the opportunity to travel, practice languages, and gain exposure for fundraising. I have developed significant friendships and increased the competitiveness of my PhD applications, which in turn brought me to the United States.

Joining student unions, organizing events across Europe and being part of a community of enthusiastic young scientists has helped me go beyond lecture halls, research laboratories and supervisor meetings. The skills I have acquired have given me the freedom to enjoy more of my own scientific career.

Written by admin23Jun, 2021

How to deliver sound science in resource-poor regions

A well-equipped laboratory stocked with reagents and supplied with uninterrupted electricity and unlimited water can seem like a basic necessity to conduct research. But scientists who work in areas that have limited resources or are prone to conflict may not take such facilities lightly.

They must always seek out scarce grants, publish their own journals, form their own scientific societies and – importantly – draw on their deep reserves of resilience. Nature asked five such researchers how they run productive labs to cope with power outages, border checkpoint closures, poor Internet connections and other challenges.

Marlo Mendoza: Connect with Stakeholders

For the past 13 years, I have been profiling the pollution of the Marillao, Macauyan and Obando River Systems (MMORS), which was on the ‘Dirty 30′ list of the world’s most polluted places in 2007, according to the non-profit organization Pure Earth. Upstream are several polluting industries, including the Philippines’ largest lead smelter, gold smelter, jewelry workshops and tanneries.

Downstream are fish farms. We found elevated levels of heavy metals in water, sediments and in fish, especially shellfish, that are sold in local markets (M. E. T. Mendoza et al. J. Nutr. Std. 11, 1–18; 2012). At least 100,000 people in the municipalities of Marillao, Macauyan and Obando and in the metropolitan Manila area are eating contaminated fish.

There is no toxicologist in this field who can accurately diagnose diseases associated with heavy metal ingestion. So when we looked at the medical records, there was no entry for heavy-metal poisoning. If we cannot prove that these metals are harming people, it is very difficult to persuade policy makers and local officials to take action. We don’t have any local labs that can analyze heavy metals found in fish, or water or blood samples.

Local officials, governors and some mayors were actually hostile as the fishing industry is a major source of income for these municipalities. I have been very careful from the start to always update the mayors about my projects, and have local and regional government representatives with me whenever I carry out my monitoring activities. I don’t do anything without their consent and am very transparent in my work.

One of my strategies was to build a network of stakeholders – including national agencies such as the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources – who share my concerns. I also built good relations with the people living in the area.

There are many associations for fishermen and leather makers in these areas, and we work with them and involve them in consultations and meetings about water-quality management. Our project helped to declare the area as a legally designated water-quality management zone. So we are able to continue our work.

We used funds from Pure Earth to conduct routine longitudinal sampling across sections of the river system, including sediment, water, fish and other aquatic life.

There is a problem with collecting data and samples, as it is expensive and national and local governments have limited funds. There is also no single repository of data with which monitoring can be more effectively planned and analyzed.

Our monitoring results were incorporated into a Pure Earth database that was shared with other stakeholders, including regional environmental-management offices and local government units. In turn, this encouraged those agencies to study our work and share their data.

So I was able to obtain funding from the Asian Development Bank, Green Cross Switzerland and Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation, as well as a small amount from The Coca-Cola Company to conduct environmental monitoring – including the evaluation of heavy metals in selected aquatic organisms.

Emanuel I. Unuabonah: Use Available Resources

Potable water is a challenge for us here in Africa and around the world: around 1.8 billion people around the world get their drinking water from a source that is polluted with sewage.

As part of our work, we are developing hybrid clay composites to adsorb enteric bacteria, such as Escherichia coli, Salmonella species and Vibrio cholerae, from water. We also use composites made from readily available materials such as kaolinite clay, papaya seeds and banana peels to remove heavy metals from water.

We are not funded by the government. On an average, we do not have electricity for about 100 days in a year. We have an alternate utility on campus, so when the power to the national grid is turned off during working hours, the generator is turned on. If we’re lucky over time, we’re guaranteed 36 hours of uninterrupted power to run the experiments.

Written by admin05Jun, 2021

Navantia and the Ministry of Defense will build warships using additive manufacturing

Spanish shipbuilder Navantia has signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense to build five F-110 frigates (warships), including additive manufacturing for the Spanish Navy.

According to the company, these ships will be the first in the fleet to have integrated Industry 4.0 technologies with 3D printed components as well as a cyber security system that protects the ships from threats.

Estillero 4.0

As part of the Spanish naval framework, Estillero 4.0, the construction of five frigates will include advanced integrated control and simulation systems, ie a digital twin. This framework is part of Navantia’s mission to transform shipbuilding into a process that leverages digitization for more efficient transport systems.

In addition, the new generation of the F-110 frigate will be made in Ferrol, 80% of which will be supplied from Spain. Industry 4.0 technologies will reduce the number of crew members required to operate the ship. This includes sensors and antennas for future installations of guided energy weapons, a new hybrid propellant plant and unmanned vehicles on board.

Estillero 4.0 has also been established to benefit Navantia’s employability by providing an estimated 7,000 jobs annually for nearly a decade. In addition, the workload of Ferrol Shipyard will also generate activity in the Gulf of Cádiz, through the company’s systems division – Navantia Sistemas.

Navantia and 3D Printing

Last year, Navantia began testing 3D printed parts on the Monte Udala Suezmax oil tanker. This was done in collaboration with the INNANOMAT (Materials and Nano Technology Innovation) Laboratory at the University of Cadiz (UCA). These tankers are built for the largest ship measurements capable of crossing Egypt’s Suez Canal, which is 50 meters wide and up to 68 meters long.

For example, a purpose-built 3D printer, the S-Discovery, was developed to make large-scale boat parts. As a trial run, the company has installed two 3D printed grilles for the Monte Udala ventilation system.

Written by admin03Jun, 2021

Major European Railways sign MoU for identification

At the Third Additive Manufacturing Forum in Berlin, German railway company Deutsche Bahn (DB), Austrian Federal Railways (OBB), Italian train operator Trenitalia and state-owned Swedish railway company SJ signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) by proxy of seven. European Railways.

The MoU signed on 15 March 2019 indicates a pledge by the railway companies to cooperate in the working group RAILiability under the Mobility Go Additive Network.

The Relability Working Group was formed with the objective of identifying clear technology use cases for additive manufacturing.

Mobility becomes additive – what is it?

Four railway institutions are each a member of the Mobility Go Additive Network. This network of companies from the mobility and logistics business has come together to advance the application of additive manufacturing, with a particular focus on the production of spare parts for the transportation sector.

The Mobility Go Additive Network will act as a central platform to promote “mutual development of the competencies of its members”. Thus, along with having railway institutions within their network, major additive manufacturing enterprises such as EOS and Stratasys are also part of Mobility Go Additive to work with companies seeking to implement additive manufacturing.

DB, BB, Trenitalia and SJ, and three other European railways form the Reliability Working Group of Mobility Go Additive, which focuses exclusively on rail networks and rolling stock. The group aims to “identify technical applications that show the AM market concrete areas of action and potential.”

Deutsche Bahn and 3D Printing

The Mobility Go additive platform has previously linked Deutsche Bahn with Berlin-based 3D printing software developer 3YOURMIND, which is also a member of the network. DB has used 3YOURMINDS’ technology to reduce the cost of maintaining inventory by using 3D printing to produce on demand replacement.

The companies collaborated to build a ‘digital spare parts warehouse’ using 3YOURMIND’s Additive Manufacturing Part Identifier (AMPI). DB employees are encouraged to submit their 3D printing ideas and suggestions for spare parts that DB can develop using the AMPI software.

The development of a digital spare parts warehouse builds on DB’s previous initiative to 3D print its spare parts. Since then, DB has been able to 3D print approximately 15,000 spare parts and other products, helping to achieve significant savings and reducing vehicle downtime.

Written by admin01Jun, 2021

Thanks to Energica CRP Group for the Moto World Cup

Italian electric motorbike maker Energica is back to participate in the opening ceremony of the 2019 FIM Enel MotoE World Cup which begins in July this year.

In March, the MotoE World Cup suffered a setback when all eighteen bikes participating in the event, including the Ego Corsa of Energica, were destroyed by fire in the city of Jerez, Spain, where the bikes were housed. Thanks to help from CRP Group’s subsidiaries, 3D printing materials manufacturer CRP Technology and construction services provider CRP Meccanica, Energica is now ready to participate in the Cup.

CRP Meccanica and CRP Technology CEO Franco Sevolini commented, “The next day after the fire broke out in Jerez, it was clearly known that a special effort was to be made: Now, as Energica’s technical partners, I am very proud of I can say we did it!”

Crp technology windform material

Headquartered in Modena, Energica is a subsidiary of the CRP Group, which includes CRP Technology, CRP Meccanica and CRP USA. Energica manufactures 100% electric motorbikes that are partially 3D printed using Windform, a material owned by CRP Technology.

Used in automotive, aerospace and medical applications, windform can be 3D printed and CNC machined. Since its first release, CRP has added to the range of windform materials which now includes the P-Line range for high speed sintering.

In addition to R&D and materials manufacturing, CRP Technology and CRP Meccanica also provide machining services such as CNC machining and 3D printing. In its rapid prototyping department, CRP Technology uses 3D systems and twenty-five industrial 3D printers from Ricoh, among other manufacturers.

Recover from fire

So far the bike manufacturer Energica has released four models: Eva, Ego, EsseEsse9, and Ego Corsa.

Energica is participating in the upcoming FIM Enel MotoE World Cup with Ego Corsa Motorbikes. After the fire, the partners were challenged with rebuilding the bike in just two months. Having succeeded in this feat, Cevolini called it “a true miracle”.

“Since the early hours after the unfortunate incident,” Sevolini said, “CRP Mechanica and CRP Technology have supported him in meeting his challenge with Energica.”