See how researchers reporting in ACS’ Nano Letters have found mimicking the seemingly simple head bobbing of silkworms can create uniform micro- and nanofibers with less equipment than other methods.
Video description See inside Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility where on Dec. 5, 2022, the first controlled fusion experiment in history achieved fusion ignition: also known as scientific energy breakeven, the experiment produced more energy from fusion than the laser energy used to drive it, achieving a major scientific breakthrough decades in the […]
Video description This video from Andy Elliott Craft & Creations demonstrates some interesting experiments with shape memory metals while explaining the science behind them.
Video description Scientists in Denmark have created the world’s smallest “vinyl” record, which is so tiny that it can barely be seen by the naked human eye. Measuring just 15 x 15 mm, with grooves of a depth of just 65 nm, the tiny record plays 25 seconds of Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree in […]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, has announced the discovery of a new category of shape-memory materials that could open up a new range of applications, especially for high-temperature settings, such as actuators inside a jet engine or a deep borehole. Shape-memory metals have long been used as simple actuators in a variety of devices […]
