Items tagged with material

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Hybrid Foams and Lightweight Constructions Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 - 18:43:47 - Anuradha Menon A special process will make it possible to improve the mechanical, thermal and acoustic properties of foams in the future. This will be of particular... read more

Mother Nature Knows Nano Friday, January 2nd, 2009 - 10:27:58 - Anuradha Menon The future of the nanotechnology field depends on our ability to reliably and reproducibly assemble nanoparticles into 3D structures we can use to... read more

Solving the Mysteries of Metallic Glass Friday, December 19th, 2008 - 14:16:28 - Anuradha Menon Researchers at MIT have made significant progress in understanding a class of materials that has resisted analysis for decades. Their findings could... read more

Toys Made of Liquid Wood Saturday, December 13th, 2008 - 12:14:41 - Anuradha Menon Most plastics are based on petroleum. A bio-plastic that consists of one hundred percent renewable raw materials helps to conserve this resource... read more

Plastic as a Conductor Thursday, December 11th, 2008 - 16:09:14 - Anuradha Menon Plastic that conducts electricity and metal that weighs no more than a feather? It sounds like an upside-down world. Yet researchers have succeeded... read more

'Intelligent' Material Aids Surgical Implant Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 - 12:54:40 - Anuradha Menon A brand new process that could revolutionize the reliability and durability of surgical implants, such as hip and knee replacements, received... read more

Disappearing Superconductivity Appears in 2D Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 - 14:17:31 - Anuradha Menon Scientists studying a material that appeared to lose its ability to carry current with no resistance say new measurements reveal that the material is... read more

A New State of Matter in a 'Transistor' Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 - 12:38:49 - Anuradha Menon McGill University researchers have discovered a new state of matter, a quasi-three-dimensional electron crystal, in a material very much alike those... read more

New Material That Could Improve Gas Mileage Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 - 16:24:07 - Anuradha Menon With gasoline at high prices, it’s disheartening to know that up to three-quarters of the potential energy you are paying for is wasted. A good deal... read more

The Design Of Future Memory Storage Devices Thursday, October 9th, 2008 - 18:16:24 - Anuradha Menon A research team from A*STAR’s Data Storage Institute (DSI) invented a new phase change material that has the potential to change the design of future... read more

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