Lubricant bench tests are small-scale tests examining a specific aspect of a lubricant’s performance. Faster and cheaper than full-scale tests, they ...

As emissions limits and fuel economy targets become more stringent in markets around the globe, there has been an increased need for lower-viscosity h ...

A German research institute said today that it is leading twin projects aimed at achieving superlubricity in vehicles and industrial machinery in orde ...

An independent Chinese refiner and an academic institution have agreed to establish a research center to develop lubricant additives and specialty fin ...

Among the many zero- or low-carbon fuels being considered by engine manufacturers to address the International Maritime Organization’s 2050 deadline ...

Researchers at an Austrian university have found lubricating properties in a two-dimensional nanomaterial, mXene, they announced last week. The materi ...

At the end of March, India implemented the world’s most stringent lockdown in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, shutting down all of its m ...

Sinopec lube business arm Great Wall and Tsinghua University’s Tianjin Research Institute for Advanced Equipment formed a joint research center in T ...

A $1.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy will help accelerate development of Baltimore, Maryland-based Pixelligent’s nanocomposite te ...

Chemists at two German research institutes have devised lubricant-filled microcapsules that can be mixed into thermoplastics. They hope the material w ...

A British supplier of bicycle cleaning products devised a process to determine the performance characteristics of chain lubes, which can be the differ ...

There's no regulatory requirement for MWFs that meet Environmentally Acceptable Lubricant standards, but formulating greener fluids falls in line with ...

Hydraulic systems need the correct viscosity fluid to balance opposing efficiency loss mechanisms. A team of German researchers looked into how this p ...

Product development can be tedious and taxing, but a multifactor testing method helps manage the guesswork and get to the right formulation faster.

Researchers at a University of Delaware-partnered lab say they have discovered a way to create lubricant base oils from non-food biomass and fatty aci ...

Pilot Chemical Co. is investing $5 million in technology and innovation initiatives this year as part of an effort to broaden its focus beyond the man ...

A scientific investigation into the mysteries of lubricating grease degradation and entropy has been awarded the NLGI Research Grant for 2017, the Nat ...

That humming noise in your lab may be coming from a manager with plenty to sing about on payday. Part 3 of our exclusive 2014 Lubricants Industry Sala ...

Research and development expenses in the lubricant industry are rising steadily, and the rate of increase may accelerate in coming years. Additive com ...