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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...
'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 ...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Scientists create 'Swiss army knife' for electron beams
Apr 06, 2018 (SPX)
Its active structures measure just a few millimetres across. The developers from the Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL) present their "Segmented Tera...
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 ...
Twisting laser light offers the chance to probe the nano-scale
Apr 06, 2018 (SPX)
The technique could potentially be used to probe the structure and purity of molecules in pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, foods and other important products mor...
Space Maid: Robot Harpoon and Net System to Attempt Space Cleanup
Apr 05, 2018 (Sputnik)
It's been 61 years since the first launch of a satellite, Sputnik 1, into Earth's orbit. That's a long time to go without cleaning up after yourself and scienti...
Researchers develop nanoparticle films for high-density data storage
Apr 04, 2018 (SPX)
"In the future, these new films could be incorporated into a tiny storage chip that records 3-D color information that could later be viewed as a 3-D hologram w...
The Problem With Space Junk is We Don't Know Where Most Objects Are
Apr 04, 2018 (Sputnik)
Sputnik: How accurate can you say the predictions were for the trajectory of Tiangong's descent? Dr. Alice Gorman: It seems there was a reasonable amount of div...
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