A new generation of luminescent materials has the potential to cool cities by re-emitting light that would otherwise be converted into heat. They might also cut down on energy use, since luminescent sidewalks, glowing road markers, or even glowing buildings could replace some street lighting.
For years, researchers believed that the smaller the domain size in a ferroelectric crystal, the greater the piezoelectric properties of the material. However, recent findings by Penn State researchers have raised questions about this standard rule.
The Franklin Institute seeks nominations for the 2023 Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science of individuals who have made significant scientific or engineering contributions that improve the safety, sustainability, and resilience of civil infrastructure.
This video provides a summary of the event in May of 2021, when inspectors on the I-40 Mississippi River Bridge near Memphis, Tenn., discovered a major crack in a structural member and shut down this key crossing to vehicle traffic above and maritime traffic below; it includes a discussion on arch bridges, fatigue in steel […]
In this video from Bruker, learn about the basics of IR laser microscopy and why QCL microscopes are the beginning of a new era in IR microscopy, useful in materials science for viewing chemical and physical reactions at video frame rates.
