Walter Voit, assistant professor of materials science and engineering and mechanical engineering at the University of Texas, Dallas, was awarded $1 million to create medical devices that will lead to greater control of prosthetics in wounded soldiers.
New technologies for manufacturing composites
In 1995 the Boeing 777 was breaking fresh ground in various directions. It was the first aircraft to be produced completely by means of CAD on screens instead of on physical models.
Scientists make impossible material by chance
Researchers in Uppsala, Sweden accidentally left a reaction running over the weekend and ended up resolving a century-old chemistry problem.
New coatings reduce risk of implant infection
Implants are commonly made from metals such as titanium alloys. These materials are being made porous during processing used to prepare them for medical use.
The chemistry of the corpse flower’s stink
What’s eight feet tall, has a creepy nickname, and can be smelled from miles away? It’s the rare titan arum plant, aka the corpse flower or Amorphophallus titanum, which just bloomed in the U.S. Botanic Gardens in Washington, D.C. The plant has an unpredictable blooming cycle that lasts years, and the corpse-like odor it emits […]