A new breakthrough concerning electromagnetic wave absorption building materials is considered in the Journal of Materials Science & Technology. Advanced coating materials with green technology can make building more sustainable in the coming years.
Engineers have long dreamed of creating a wonderful material that can revolutionize construction. In 2004, British scientists first created Graphene—one of the forms of nanocarbon that is only 0.3 nanometers thick—a million times thinner than a human hair, but it can withstand colossal loads. Only now, after 15 years, the first real opportunities have appeared […]
Jewelers, geologists, and microscopists all seem to agree that diamonds are forever. Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are using microscopic nanodiamonds to calibrate and assess the performance of high-powered microscopes. Their longevity and durability make the tiny “first-aid kits” more than up to the task.
Whether soil contaminated with nuclear material or archaeological finds, analyzing isotopes can help determining the age and origin of a sample very accurately. Researchers from Leibniz University Hannover (LUH) and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have now developed a new technique suitable for obtaining information on the origin of microparticles by analyzing isotope distributions. The project was funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Siebold Sasse Foundation by more than two million euros. Their findings have now been published in Science Advances.
Faculty and student researchers at Boise State’s Micron School of Materials Science Engineering are looking for ways to eliminate the need to separate plastics before processing and to create a useful new material from plastic waste.
