The amount of freedom 3D printing grants its users garnered the interest of some researchers and inspired them to use these devices for food production. By mimicking FDM 3D printer’s extrusion system and software that is similar to slicers used in 3D printing, making multimaterial meals is now a possibility.
Multilayer reactive foil: no fuel, no oxygen, tons of heat
This video from Applied Science shows an unusual sheet metal made from hundreds of nanoscale layers of aluminum and nickel. A spark initiates a self-propagating reaction that creates a NiAl compound and lots of heat. This material is used to solder items so fast that the base material doesn’t have time to draw heat away […]
MIT engineers develop a soft, printable, metal-free electrode
A new Jell-O-like material could replace metals as electrical interfaces for pacemakers, cochlear implants, and other electronic implants.
To boost supply chains, scientists are looking at ways to recover valuable materials from water
From the oceans to geothermal brines, water is an underexplored resource for providing various materials
Materials scientists say they can counteract data center energy consumption
SFI’s research center Amber urged stakeholders to consider investing further in materials science following recent stats about data centers.