Articles by Goodfellow

Articles by Goodfellow

  • 7 May 2023

    Air-powered cars and AI breakthrough allows paralysed man to walk again

    Goodfellow has featured in the news a few times over the last couple of weeks; pushing boundaries, events and awards – we especially would like to say a huge congratulations to our own Dr Aphrodite Tomou, who was recognised as an Exemplar for her contributions to material science, be sure to catch up on our news

  • 4 May 2023

    EP# 1 - We're going to Space-Comm

    Our podcast is back and better than ever! The Innovation Discussed podcast shines a spotlight on the latest material innovations, company news and industry events.

  • 18 April 2023

    Aerospace Manufacturing - Pushing the boundaries of innovation

    According to Goodfellow Cambridge’s CEO, Simon Kenney, it’s all about delivering innovation – and this is where his company comes in. Aerospace Manufacturing reports.

    Goodfellow Cambridge is a supplier of specialist metals and materials to the scientific and industrial manufacturing sectors and has partnered with many businesses to support their R&D departments.

    Q) Firstly, bring me up to speed with your latest news regarding any new product introductions?

    Goodfellow Cambridge has recently introduced several new products, including: A composite material consisting of graphene, which boasts remarkable mechanical properties, along with outstanding biocompatibility. Our exclusive range of products, Hastalex and BioHastalex, are only available to our 6,000-strong customer base.

    Goodfellow Cambridge is also offering a range of ultrafine metal wires with a diameter of less than 1µm. These wires are coated with borosilicate glass, and the type of coating depends on the wire metal and its diameter. This product is especially in demand from clients striving for miniaturisation and the growing demand for smaller and more complex devices.

  • 13 April 2023

    Materials science innovations in microgravity to not so silent plants

    As your partner for innovation, a story on the implications and potential of materials science research in microgravity has sky rocketed Goodfellow’s interest (we hope it unlocks your interest too), robots could take over the most dangerous and high-risk tasks resulting in a safer future for humanity, graphene could be the key to limitless clean energy for small devices, a golden ticket has been found to treat superbugs, and plants aren’t as silent as we think, but can they communicate?

  • 13 April 2023

    Goodfellow embarks into new territory with introduction of chemicals range

    A first for our materials-based business, our chemicals debut centres around Rare Earth Oxides (REOs), a collection of chemical compounds produced by reacting rare earth metals with oxygen. REOs are an exciting addition to our specialist product range of over 150,000 in stock materials.

  • 5 April 2023

    It's Easter! Check Out Our Recommended Easter Recipes

    Easter is here and we've searched out some of the yummiest Easter recipes for you to try over the long weekend - a mix of adult only and child friendly to keep everyone happy, enjoy!

  • 31 March 2023

    A grasshopper-like soft material and is a base on the moon coming soon?

    This week, we round up a busy but successful month for Goodfellow across news, products and innovative talks, an impressive jump in the mobility potential in soft robots, a Swiss start-up combines solar panels and railway tracks in an eco-innovation first, a first-of-its-kind structural paint is the lightest paint in the world with a rainbow of potential benefits, a new development is in the air for solid-state batteries, and from the pages and screens of Sci-Fi, could an epic quest to build a permanent moon base become reality, and soon?

  • 27 March 2023

    Goodfellow’s manufactured range of ultrathin foils becomes most substantial on the market

    Goodfellow is continuously expanding its advanced materials offering to aid scientific developments across the globe. The company’s latest launch welcomes microfoils with permanent 0.5µm Mylar® substrate to their pre-existing foil and film range. As a result of this addition, Goodfellow now boasts the most extensive offering of ultrathin foils on the market.

  • 23 March 2023

    Contactless ferry charging and a breakthrough transistor for next-gen technologies

    This week, a new future for vehicle charging is on the horizon and it could be as easy as charging your electric toothbrush, the future of exploration could come in the form of a soft polymer robot worm, bizarre properties of strange metals discovered through quantum experiments, the highly debated revolutionary room temperature superconductor (which side will you wind up on?) and could a transistor breakthrough lead to the next generation of electronics and computing systems?