Shooting Bloodhound SSC – Ballistic Tests on Cockpit Protection Panels

Firing a Bullet at the Bloodhound The Bloodhound supersonic car (SSC) project aims to break the current world land speed record of 763 mph in 2015, and then to set a new world land speed record of 1000 mph in South Africa in 2016. At 1000 mph, Bloodhound SSC’s solid aluminum wheels will rotate at […]

Imaging technique uncovers root of next-gen battery failure

Researchers at NIST, the University of Maryland, Cand Sandia National Laboratories, imaged the inner workings of experimental solid-state batteries as they charged and discharged while making detailed measurements of their electrochemical health.