Scientists at Stanford University, Menlo Park, Calif., and the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory discovered a way to use diamondoids—the smallest possible bits of diamond—to assemble atoms into the thinnest possible electrical wires, just three atoms wide.
Researchers created a self-healing, transparent, highly stretchable material that can be electrically activated and used to improve batteries, electronic devices, and robots.
Engineers at Tufts University, Medford, Mass., created a new format of solids made from silk protein that can be preprogrammed with biological, chemical, or optical functions, such as mechanical components that change color with strain, deliver drugs, or respond to light.
Researchers at Rice University, Houston, report that they have developed a titanium-gold-intermetallic (Ti3Au) said to be four times harder than titanium.
Alcoa Corp., Pittsburgh, announces that Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals has secured its first major third-party contract to supply approximately 400,000 bone dry metric tons (bdmt) of bauxite from its Huntly mine in Western Australia, furthering Alcoa’s strategy to grow its third-party bauxite business.
