CAMBRIDGE, MA – University engineers are adding to heat-shrinking materials. A team led by Nicholas X. Fang, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, has manufactured tiny, star-shaped structures out of interconnected beams, or trusses. The sugar-cube-size structures quickly shrink when heated to about 540°F.

PARSIPPANY, NJ – Sun Chemical and its parent company, DIC, have acquired Gwent Electronic Materials for an undisclosed sum.