Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, Calif., researchers made the first measurements of thermoelectric behavior by a nanoporous metal-organic framework (MOF).
Tinkertoy materials hold promise as temperature regulators
CHiMaD consortium releases first annual report
The Center for Hierarchical Materials Design (CHiMaD), a NIST-sponsored center of excellence for advanced materials research and a critical component of the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI), has released its first annual report.
How Laser Peening Improves Fatigue Strength
This video from the Metal Improvement Co. shows how lasers improve properties by inducing residual compressive stress.
New method for friction stir welding aluminum is ten times faster
Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Wash., in partnership with General Motors, Alcoa, and the Tailor Welded Blank (TWB) Co., have developed a friction stir welding technique that is said to be ten times faster than current FSW techniques.
Magnesium syntactic foam metal matrix composite floats on water
Researchers from Deep Springs Technology, Toledo, Ohio, and New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering have reportedly demonstrated a magnesium syntactic foam metal matrix composite with density so low that it can float on water.