RICHLAND, Wash. – After their nanorods were accidentally created when an experiment didn’t go as planned, the researchers gave the microscopic, unplanned spawns of science a closer look. Chemist Satish Nune was inspecting the solid, carbon-rich nanorods…
New Research Could Lead to More Corrosion-Resistant Water Pipes
BINGHAMTON, NY – With documented public water problems in Flint, Mich., and Hoosick Falls, N.Y., caused by corrosion, understanding how copper is affected…
Engineers Develop Record-breaking Amorphous Steel Alloy
A team of engineers has developed and tested a type of steel with a record-breaking ability to withstand an impact without deforming permanently. The…
Strong and Lightweight Titanium Alloy Aims at Improving Vehicle Fuel Economy
RICHLAND, Wash. – An improved titanium alloy — stronger than any commercial titanium alloy currently on the market — gets its strength from the novel way atoms are arranged to form a special nanostructure. For the first time, researchers have been able…
Chemists Have Developed Transparent Wood
When it comes to indoor lighting, nothing beats the sun’s rays streaming in through windows. Soon, that natural light could be shining through walls, too. Scientists have developed transparent wood that could be used in building materials and could help…
Penn State Releases Roadmap for Next Generation of Additive Manufacturing Materials
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State researchers have released a roadmap that is designed to offer a strategy for building the fundamental knowledge necessary to accelerate the design and application of additive manufacturing (AM) materials over the next 10…
Iowa State Engineers Develop Flexible Skin That Traps Radar Waves, Cloaks Objects
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University engineers have developed a new flexible, stretchable and tunable “meta-skin” that uses rows of small, liquid-metal devices to cloak an object from the sharp eyes of radar. The meta-skin takes its name from metamaterials,…
Cornell Opens $25M NSF Platform for Discovering New Materials
ITHACA, N.Y. – Cornell University is leading an effort that will empower scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs throughout the nation to design and create new interface materials – materials that do not exist in nature and possess unprecedented properties…
JEC Group Celebrates Composites Innovations and Rewards 28 Champions
The growing demand on composite materials and the development of new composite applications have led JEC Group to relocate in a bigger venue with a new name : JEC World. The show will take place from Tuesday March 8 to Thursday March 10, 2016, in a 62,000…
Material May Offer Cheaper Alternative to Smart Windows
If you've ever blown up a balloon or pulled at a pair of pantyhose, you may have noticed that the more the material stretches, the more transparent it becomes. It's a simple enough observation: the thinner a material, the more light shines through. Now MIT…
