June 2014 Issue of Advanced Materials & Processes, featuring: HTPro, Composites Testing/Characterization, Dynamic Testing of Composites, Using Composites to Fight Corrosion, and Composites Testing for Automotive Lightweighting
You may have seen your favorite circus performers or magicians perform the classic Bed of Nails Trick… but what is the secret? Using a smaller version of the bed and a clear balloon, you can see the science behind the trick.
Melanin—and specifically, the form called eumelanin—is the primary pigment that gives humans the coloring of their skin, hair, and eyes.
Farmers typically look for physical symptoms of disease, such as discolored or wilting leaves, to identify threats to crops.
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.
