How do scientists design new materials that could revolutionize the next generation of electronics? Join Antonio Marston and Michael Cruse for a look into their lab as they blaze new trails in the world of super-thin 2D materials. To view related activities, videos, and more, visit missionmaterialsscience.com. Courtesy of North Carolina Central University (NCCU), the […]
Squeezing a diamond sandwich produces useful data
Scientists have searched, for decades, for a way to apply the exceptional analytical capabilities of neutrons to materials under pressures approaching those surrounding the Earth’s core. These extreme pressures can rearrange a material’s atoms, potentially resulting in interesting new properties.
X-ray microscopy overcomes previous limits
The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced that a joint research team led by Professor YongKeun Park of the Department of Physics and Dr. Jun Lim of the Pohang Accelerator Laboratory has succeeded in developing a core technology that can overcome the resolution limitations of existing x-ray microscopes.
How 3D printed food can change the way we look at eating
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 […]