ASM is pleased to announce that John Gordon Speer, FASM, professor, Colorado School of Mines received the 2015 J. Willard Gibbs Phase Equilibria Award.
J. Willard Gibbs Phase Equilibria Awarded
Levitating barbecue demonstrates electromagnetic induction
This experiment took place at the Palais de la Decouverte in Paris. A 1kg aluminum plate is levitated above a large coil of wire that is being supplied with 800 A of alternating current at 900 Hz. Back in London, the host of the video visited the magnetic lab of Michael Faraday in the basement […]
New smartphone case is 3 times harder than steel
A new smartphone case is lightweight, thin, harder than steel, and as easy to shape as plastic.
New way to test nuclear fuel
Safety is a huge issue with nuclear power, which accounts for about 10% of the global electricity supply.
NASA Tests Orion Spacecraft Launch Abort System
NASA Tests Orion Spacecraft Launch Abort System The Launch Abort System, or LAS, is positioned atop the Orion crew module. It is designed to protect astronauts if a problem arises during launch by pulling the spacecraft away from a failing rocket. Weighing approximately 16,000 pounds, the LAS can activate within milliseconds to pull the vehicle […]