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Polymer-graphene nanocarpets to electrify smart fabrics

Apr 18, 2018 (SPX)

The entire structure is highly stable; it is less prone to degradation over time that makes the study promising for the development of flexible organic electron...

Army engineers develop technique to make adaptive materials

Apr 18, 2018 (SPX)

This on-demand control of composite behavior could enable a variety of new capabilities for future Army rotorcraft design, performance and maintenance. ARL's Dr...

Virtual contact lenses for radar satellites

Apr 18, 2018 (SPX)

The melting of the polar ice cap would have a drastic effect: Sea level would rise by several meters around the world, impacting hundreds of millions of people ...

NIST's new quantum method generates really random numbers

Apr 17, 2018 (SPX)

The new NIST method generates digital bits (1s and 0s) with photons, or particles of light, using data generated in an improved version of a landmark 2015 NIST ...

Flat gallium joins roster of new 2-D materials

Apr 17, 2018 (SPX)

The Rice lab of materials scientist Pulickel Ajayan and colleagues in India created two-dimensional gallenene, a thin film of conductive material that is to gal...

Plants fix UV damage to DNA with robust repair system

Apr 17, 2018 (UPI)

The new study, published this week in the journal Nature Communications, marks the first time scientists have mapped the "nucleotide excision repair" system ins...

'Candy cane' polymer weave could power functional fabrics and devices

Apr 17, 2018 (SPX)

The researchers will present their work at the 255th National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS). ACS, the world's largest scientific...

'Everything-repellent' coating could kidproof phones, homes

Apr 16, 2018 (SPX)

Called "omniphobic" in materials science parlance, the new coating repels just about every known liquid. It's the latest in a series of breakthrough coatings fr...

Japan 'rare earth' haul sparks hopes of cutting China reliance

Apr 15, 2018 (AFP)

But experts warn that extracting the minerals -- used in technology ranging from mobile phones to electric vehicles -- is both costly and difficult, especially ...

Large single-crystal graphene could advance scalable 2-D materials

Apr 13, 2018 (SPX)

Making thin layers of graphene and other 2D materials on a scale required for research purposes is common, but they must be manufactured on a much larger scale ...

Swansea scientists discover greener way of making plastics

Apr 13, 2018 (SPX)

Dr Enrico Andreoli heads the CO2 utilisation group at ESRI. He said: "carbon dioxide is responsible for much of the damage caused to our environment. Considerab...

A UC3M study analyzes the keys to fragmentation of metallic materials

Apr 12, 2018 (SPX)

Previously it was thought that dynamic fragmentation was basically triggeredby the inherent defects of the material (pores). What this research suggests is that...

Researchers propose a blockchain data network to boost manufacturing

Apr 11, 2018 (SPX)

"Small- and medium-scale manufacturers often lack the resources and network reach necessary to make all of their potential clients aware of their manufacturing ...

Programming: a highly sought talent in Silicon Valley

Apr 11, 2018 (AFP)

- Talent shortage - According to nonprofit organization code.org, which works to increase representation in computer science, there are more than 520,000 vacanc...

Thin engineered material perfectly redirects and reflects sound

Apr 11, 2018 (SPX)

While many theoretical approaches to engineer such a device have been proposed, they have struggled to simultaneously control both the transmission and reflecti...

Creating a 2-D platinum magnet

Apr 09, 2018 (SPX)

Platinum is used a lot in jewellery and electronics. Although this precious metal looks great and is an excellent conductor, it has no magnetic properties. Unti...

Invisibility material created by UCI engineers

Apr 09, 2018 (SPX)

The thin swatches can quickly change how they reflect heat, smoothing or wrinkling their surfaces in under a second after being stretched or electrically trigge...

New 4-D printer could reshape the world we live in

Apr 09, 2018 (SPX)

The researchers are presenting their work at the 255th National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS). ACS, the world's largest scientif...

CEAS Alumnus Develops New Heat Pipe to Support Spacecraft

Apr 09, 2018 (SPX)

Ababneh, a research development engineer at Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc. (ACT) and a graduate of the University of Cincinnati's (UC) mechanical engineeri...

Smart ink adds new dimensions to 3-D printing

Apr 06, 2018 (SPX)

The advancement in the area of form-changing intelligent printing - also known as 4D printing - provides a low-cost alternative to printing precision parts for ...