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Revolutionizing the repair of composite aircraft components

Researchers at Georgia Tech are working with Delta Air Lines Inc., both in Atlanta, on procedures for repairing composite parts used in aircraft.

3D printing prosthetics

With a 3D printer and about $15, Ithaca College, N.Y., senior physics major Ryan Bouricius was able to create a functional prosthetic hand that can be used to grip, write, and even catch a ball.

How sand withstands bullets better than steel

While sand has been used traditionally for military fortification, very little is known about the unique energy absorption capability of the material.

Winter boots given slip resistance ratings (with video)

Researchers are offering evidence-based ratings on footwear that may reduce the risk of slips and falls on ice.

Study Sheds Light on Akko Tower Shipwreck

The Akko Tower Wreck has been playing tricks with researchers for over 50 years.

Tabletop technique peers deep inside solids

Valence electrons play key roles in chemical bonds and in determining a material’s properties.

Astronics Test Systems semiconductor test platform processes 396 devices at once

Astronics Test Systems, East Aurora, N.Y., introduces its ATS 5034 System-Level Test Platform that improves production efficiency and greatly reduces costs by processing up to 396 devices simultaneously.

MS&T 2016 Features Mini-Materials Camp

Hosted by the ASM Utah Chapter, 246 students participated in the ASM Mini-Materials Camp held during MS&T 2016 at Salt Lake Palace on October 25 and 26.

Wrinkles and crumples boost metal oxides

Researchers at Brown University, Providence, R.I., found a new method for making ultrathin metal-oxide sheets containing intricate wrinkle and crumple patterns. The textured metal-oxide films have better performance when used as photocatalysts and as battery electrodes.

Predicting how bonds break

Scientists at the University of Chicago, New York University, and Leiden University could eventually help create materials that resist breaking or crack in a predictable fashion.

Scooters take you for a ride (with video)

In the spring, more than 100 visitors took rides on an autonomous mobility scooter in a trial of software designed by researchers from MIT and colleagues in Singapore.

Micrograph Database Gets an Update

An important release to the ASM Micrograph Database was recently completed.

Controlling matter properties in 2D crystals

By creating atomic chains in a 2D crystal, researchers at Penn State believe they have found a way to control the direction of materials properties in two and three dimensional crystals with implications in sensing, optoelectronics, and next-generation electronics applications.

Carbon fiber project partnership

Harper International, Cheektowaga, N.Y. and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Tenn., were awarded funding for a project through the DOE’s Advanced Manufacturing Office’s HPC4Mfg Program.

Smart buildings sense damage

A new system predicts how MIT’s tallest structure responds to vibrations, may help monitor stress over time.

MS&T 2016 Features Panel Discussions on Advanced Manufacturing

A special panel session has been scheduled at MS&T’16 on Tuesday, October 25, at 2:00 p.m. at the Salt Palace Convention Center, Room 355B.

Introducing a new program from the ASM Materials Education Foundation

Already well known for the Materials Camp Program for both high school students and teachers, the ASM Materials Education Foundation has launched the Materials Matter program for middle school students.

Sensing skin spots cracks in structures

Researchers have developed a multi-layered “sensing skin” to detect corrosive or otherwise harmful substances in structures. The skin can also detect cracks and other structural flaws that are invisible to the naked eye.

Extreme microscopes inspire new materials

Researchers are pushing the limits of electron microscopy into the tens of picometer scale, a fraction of the size of a hydrogen atom.

ASTM standard focuses on directed energy deposition

Directed energy deposition, an important metal additive manufacturing process, is now covered in an ASTM International standard.

NSF center focuses on real-time functional imaging

The National Science Foundation (NSF), Arlington, Va., announced $24 million in funding to support a new science and technology center at the University of Colorado Boulder, expanding the university’s role as a national leader in imaging, materials, nano, bio, and energy sciences.

Joining dissimilar materials at low temperature

A new technology developed by Pennsylvania State University researchers, called cold sintering process (CSP), has opened a window on the ability to combine incompatible materials, such as ceramics and plastics, into new, useful compound materials, and to lower the energy cost of many types of manufacturing.

Fluorescence boosts cool colored pigment performance

Elementary school science teaches us that in the sun, dark colors get hot while white stays cool. Now new research from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), Calif., has found an exception: Certain dark pigments can stay just as cool as white by using fluorescence, the re-emission of absorbed light.

Understanding how things deform (with video)

Every material can bend and break. Through nearly a century’s worth of research, scientists have had a pretty good understanding of how and why.

New material holds promise for low power electronics

Scientists have successfully paired ferroelectric and ferrimagnetic materials so that their alignment can be controlled with a small electric field at near room temperatures, an achievement that could open doors to ultralow-power microprocessors, storage devices, and next-generation electronics.