Luminescent signals from green glowing diamond defects could monitor temperature in a range of physical and biological systems with unprecedented versatility
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Novel material significantly improves traditional aerogel properties
A new polyimide aerogel developed at NASA’s Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, represents a revolutionary advance over the fragile silica aerogels currently on the market.
Continue readingConferences convene for successful Mega Show event
Aerospace and thermal spray professionals gathered for aerospace coating and materials information.
Continue readingMS&T2016—Call for symposium proposals
Symposium proposals for MS&T16 are being accepted through May 31, 2015.
Continue readingPerformance silica improves tire performance
Patented filler improves rolling resistance, wet traction and manufacturing efficiency.
Continue readingSmart glass could power cell phones
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, produced a color-changing glass that creates electrical charges enough to power a smartphone.
Continue readingMountaineering shoe offers stability with bio-based plastic
A new mountain shoe from Salomon, France, known as the Edging Chassis uses the high performance bio-based EcoPaXX polyamide from Royal DSM, the Netherlands.
Continue readingMaterials experts challenged to protect athletes
The NFL, GE, and Under Armour, have joined with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology to launch Head Health Challenge III, an open innovation competition to advance materials that better absorb or dissipate energy.
Continue readingShape-shifting paper holds promise for packaging
A student at The University of British Columbia, Canada, is developing self-folding paper that transforms into multidimensional figures when heated.
Continue readingNew smartphone case is 3 times harder than steel
A new smartphone case is lightweight, thin, harder than steel, and as easy to shape as plastic.
Continue readingGrow your own snowflakes
California Institute of Technology physicist Ken Libbrecht studies the science and beauty of snow crystals.
Continue readingRF transistors made of films of black phosphorus
Researchers at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, have shown that films of black phosphorus can be used to make radio-frequency transistors, components found in many telecommunication devices.
Continue readingBulletproof solar panels protect military equipment
A new solar panel system for defense forces provides ballistic protection and is lighter and more portable than systems currently available.
Continue readingEngineering plastics proven safe for railways
Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products (EPP), Germany, recently introduced a range of high performance plastics materials for the railway industry.
Continue readingCloud-like materials cut construction costs
A research team by the National University of Singapore (NUS) developed Cloud Arch, an innovative, ultra-light architecture that will revolutionize the way large open public spaces are built.
Continue readingSuper stable garnet ceramics for high-energy lithium batteries
Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory discovered exceptional properties in a garnet material that could enable development of higher-energy battery designs.
Continue readingCigarette ash to remove arsenic from water
Arsenic, a well-known poison, can be taken out of drinking water using sophisticated treatment methods.
Continue readingOcean-inspired camouflage (with video)
Researchers create materials that reproduce cephalopods’ ability to quickly change colors and textures.
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Plastic cars are coming out of the toy box and heading for your nearest dealership showroom floor. The
Continue readingTransforming waste into a resource
Essentium Materials, College Station, Tex., converts coconut husk fibers into materials for cars and homes.
Continue readingCould real-life Legos be used to create buildings? (with video)
Kite Bricks is developing a revolutionary product that will change the way houses, buildings, bridges, and sidewalks are built.
Continue readingTransparent conductive polycarbonate film
With smart materials being one of the fastest growing areas of materials technology, SABIC and Cima NanoTech jointly developed a plastics industry first—a transparent conductive polycarbonate film that has the potential to revolutionize the materials used in consumer electronics, household goods, automotive, architecture, and healthcare.
Continue readingNanotube paint reveals plane wing strain (with video)
Rice University scientists created a new paint they call “strain paint” and think it will help detect deformations in structures like airplane wings.
Continue readingBrewer Science introduces CNT inks without surfactants
Brewer Science, Rolla, Mo., introduces CNTRENE 4010, the first aqueous, surfactant-free, ready-to-use semiconducting carbon nanotube inks for microelectronics and printed electronics applications.
Continue readingAmetek acquires VTI Instruments for its high-accuracy test/measurement solutions
Ametek Inc., Berwyn, Pa., announces that it has acquired VTI Instruments, Irvine, Calif., which manufactures a wide range of signal conditioning and switching instruments, data acquisition solutions, and integrated test systems.
Continue readingInstrument measures silicon wafer thickness and TSV depths prior to grinding
Lasertec U.S.A., San Jose, Calif., introduces the WASAVI Series BGM300. This instrument measures silicon wafer thicknesses and TSV depths prior to back grinding 3D semiconductor devices.
Continue readingMicromeritics 3Flex surface characterization analyzer enables multiple analyses
Micromeritics Instrument Corp., Norcross, Ga., introduces the 3Flex Surface Characterization Analyzer.
Continue readingUltra-thin threads of carbon nanotubes coated with diamond cut silicon wafers
The Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials, Germany, together with colleagues from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Australia, have developed a saw wire that can reduce kerf loss when cutting silicon wafers. In place of diamond-impregnated steel wires, the researchers use ultra-thin and extremely stable threads made of carbon nanotubes coated with diamond.
Continue readingORNL microscopy uncovers “dancing” silicon atoms in graphene
Jumping silicon atoms are the stars of an atomic scale ballet featured in a new Nature Communications study from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn. The ORNL research team documented the atoms’ unique behavior by first trapping groups of silicon atoms, known as clusters, in a single-atom-thick sheet of carbon called graphene.
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