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Stenciling with atoms in 2-dimensional materials possible
May 10, 2017 (SPX)
In 2004, the discovery of a way to isolate a single atomic layer of carbon - graphene --opened a new world of 2D materials with properties not necessarily found...
3-D printers open new design space for wireless devices
May 10, 2017 (SPX)
The demonstration could revolutionize the rapid design and prototyping of radio frequency applications such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, wireless sensing and communicat...
High temperature step-by-step process makes graphene from ethene
May 10, 2017 (SPX)
By heating the ethene in stages to a temperature of slightly more than 700 degrees Celsius - hotter than had been attempted before - the researchers produced pu...
Researchers develop recycling for carbon fiber composites
May 10, 2017 (SPX)
The work, reported in Polymer Degradation and Stability, provides an efficient way to re-use the expensive carbon fiber and other materials that make up the com...
Scientists create hologram that changes images as it is stretched
May 10, 2017 (UPI)
A team of material scientists led by Ritesh Agarwal created the metasurfaces by embedding gold nanorods in polydimethylsiloxane, a stretchable film. The researc...
Space radiation reproduced in the lab for better, safer missions
May 09, 2017 (SPX)
Researchers used novel laser-plasma-based accelerators to mimic the radiation, which presents a risk to astronauts and space technology owing to the lack of pro...
Research suggests modern violins outperform those made by Antonio Stradivarius
May 09, 2017 (UPI)
New research suggests most listeners can't discern a difference between the instruments, and those who do often prefer the sound of the modern violin. Claudia F...
Shape-changing fog screen invented
May 08, 2017 (SPX)
The mid-air display allows users to reach through it and interact with 2D and 3D objects, all the while changing shape and position to optimize visibility, faci...
First underwater carpet cloak realized, with metamaterial
May 08, 2017 (SPX)
An acoustic cloak is a material shell that can control the propagation direction of sound waves to make a target undetectable in an acoustic system. The carpet ...
The first one bit chemical memory unit: The 'chit'
May 08, 2017 (SPX)
The computer, smartphone, digital camera - none of these devices could work without memory chips. In typical electronic memory, zero and one are recorded, store...
Biggest X-ray laser in the world generates its first laser light
May 05, 2017 (SPX)
European XFEL Managing Director Prof. Robert Feidenhans'l said: "This is an important moment that our partners and we have worked towards for many years. The Eu...
NASA Awards $100,000 in First Printing Stage of 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge
May 05, 2017 (SPX)
The 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge is run through a partnership with NASA's Centennial Challenges Program and Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois. The goal of ...
New metamaterial designed with counterintuitive property
May 05, 2017 (SPX)
This concept inspired a group of researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany and the French National Center for Scientific Research ...
A fast, non-destructive test for 2-dimensional materials
May 05, 2017 (SPX)
Researchers have begun to study hundreds of other 2D materials for the purposes of electronics, sensing, early cancer diagnosis, water desalination and a host o...
New strategy produces stronger polymers
May 05, 2017 (SPX)
Several years ago, MIT researchers were the first to measure certain types of these defects, called "loops," which are caused when a chain in the polymer networ...
NASA Seeks 'FabLab' Concepts for In-Space Manufacturing
May 05, 2017 (SPX)
The FabLab development path will be implemented in three phases with the objective of the final phase to demonstrate a commercially developed FabLab on the Inte...
Bacteria with Midas touch for efficient gold processing
May 05, 2017 (SPX)
For more than 10 years, University of Adelaide researchers have been investigating the role of microorganisms in gold transformation. In the Earth's surface, go...
PowerPoint and LED projector enable new technique for self-folding origami
May 05, 2017 (SPX)
The technique involves projecting a grayscale pattern of light and dark shapes onto a thin layer of liquid acrylate polymer placed in a plate or between two gla...
Erasable ink for 3-D printing
May 04, 2017 (SPX)
Direct laser writing means that a computer-controlled, focused laser beam generates the structure in a photoresist similar to a pen. "Developing an ink that can...
New coating surface for superior rust resistance with 'colorless' color
May 04, 2017 (SPX)
Electrophoretic deposition is a standard industrial method for coating material and is especially used for rust prevention. Current methods, however, require a ...
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