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Breaking metamaterial symmetry with reflected light
Apr 13, 2016 (SPX)
Optical activity - rotation of the polarization of light - is well known to occur within materials that differ from their mirror image. But what happens if this...
Methods used to create textiles also could help manufacture human tissues
Apr 13, 2016 (SPX)
Tissue engineering is a process that uses novel biomaterials seeded with stem cells to grow and replace missing tissues. When certain types of materials are use...
Radical solution could avoid depletion of natural resources
Apr 12, 2016 (SPX)
A radical approach to managing natural resources could target the problem of their over-exploitation, such as in forests or fisheries, according to a new study....
'Self-healing' plastic could mean better bandages, tougher phone cases
Apr 08, 2016 (UPI)
A plastic-like material that "flows" back together when cut or scraped could lead to self-healing bandages and cellphones that never stay scuffed, according to ...
GenDyn completes Space Fence radar array structure
Apr 08, 2016 (UPI)
The construction and walk-through of a 7,000 square-foot ground radar array structure for the Space Fence system has been completed by General Dynamics. The 700...
Ruthenium nanoframes open the doors to better catalysts
Apr 07, 2016 (SPX)
The world is run by catalysts. They clean up after cars, help make fertilizers, and could be the key to better hydrogen fuel. Now, a team of chemists, led by Xi...
Artificial molecules
Apr 07, 2016 (SPX)
Scientists at ETH Zurich and IBM Research Zurich have developed a new technique that enables for the first time the manufacture of complexly structured tiny obj...
Researchers use 3-D printing to create structure with active chemistry
Apr 07, 2016 (SPX)
Many materials - sugars, thermoplastics, glass, metals, ceramics and more - are used to produce 3D-printed figures, typically with expensive or custom-built 3D ...
Light helps develop programmable materials
Apr 06, 2016 (SPX)
Light of a certain wavelength can be used to put so-called active materials into motion and control their movement. In the future, this discovery can become sig...
New state of matter detected in a two-dimensional material
Apr 06, 2016 (SPX)
An international team of researchers have found evidence of a mysterious new state of matter, first predicted 40 years ago, in a real material. This state, know...
Record-breaking steel could be used for body armor, shields for satellites
Apr 06, 2016 (SPX)
A team of engineers has developed and tested a type of steel with a record-breaking ability to withstand an impact without deforming permanently. The new steel ...
Dancing on ice
Apr 06, 2016 (SPX)
While drinking your favourite cold drink, you probably do not imagine what is going on inside each ice cube. At the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology ...
New metallic glass bounces
Apr 06, 2016 (SPX)
Engineers have created a new material with an unusual chemical structure that makes it incredibly hard and yet elastic. The material can withstand heavy impacts...
New understanding of liquid to solid state transition discovered
Apr 06, 2016 (SPX)
New research has identified how liquid-like materials can change into a solid-like state without the addition of extra particles or changes in volume. Liquid-li...
A low-cost, lightweight titanium alloy
Apr 06, 2016 (SPX)
An improved titanium alloy - stronger than any commercial titanium alloy currently on the market - gets its strength from the novel way atoms are arranged to fo...
Scientists divide magnetic vortices into collectivists and individualists
Apr 06, 2016 (SPX)
In manganese monosilicide (MnSi), microscopic magnetic vortices - skyrmions - may behave as "collectivists" or "individuals", i.e. they are able to create a sin...
Transparent wood could one day help brighten homes and buildings
Apr 05, 2016 (SPX)
When it comes to indoor lighting, nothing beats the sun's rays streaming in through windows. Soon, that natural light could be shining through walls, too. Scien...
Drexel rolls out method for making the invisible brushes that repel dirt
Apr 05, 2016 (SPX)
You might not be aware of it, but invisible carpets of polymers are keeping things from being sticky right now. The lenses of your glasses might be coated with ...
Upgrade to offer power boost to world's brightest X-ray laser
Apr 05, 2016 (UPI)
The X-ray laser at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is getting a second laser beam, this one 10,000 times brighter than the first...
Electronic counterpart to ecological models revealed
Apr 05, 2016 (SPX)
Predicting the future from the present - that's what logistic maps can do. For example, they can be used to predict the evolution of a population in the near fu...
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