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A team of researchers from the United States announces the development of a new type of metallic glass that is tremendously damage-tolerant, and which is stronger and tougher than any other material.In fact, it would appear that stuff is stronger than steel as well. What is even more interesting is that versions of t... |
10 January 2011
11:08 GMT |
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Skyfire announced on Thursday the purchase of kolbysoft, the creators of the Steel mobile browser for Android. According to the company, the acquisition is effective immediately, and represents a new step the company makes towards delivering its own mobile browser for the Android operating system. This move is made ... |
12 February 2010
05:51 GMT |
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Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU, in Germany, have recently announced that they were able to develop a new method of cutting steel. The technique relies solely on the use of electromagnetic fields, a feat that could mean a world of difference for the automotive in... |
2 December 2009
08:42 GMT |
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One of the most recent subjects picked up by ifoAppleStore, the source dealing exclusively with Apple’s retail initiatives and trends, is cleaning at the Apple retail store. Apparently, the job is a highly specialized one, especially when it comes to grand openings. The Mac maker actually has an expert company ... |
1 October 2009
06:57 GMT |
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When building a high-performance desktop computer system, users and system builders have to take into consideration a couple of critical details, one of which is the cooling factor, meant to keep the internal components working at their optimum levels, consequently delivering the required performance. There is a numb... |
5 August 2009
04:14 GMT |
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A new type of vehicle armor developed by the British Ministry of Defense (MoD) is advertised to be among the strongest on Earth today, featuring a revolutionary design and ultra-resistant materials. Super Bainite, the name of the new steel-based armor, has holes in it, which may seem a bit contradictory at first, unt... |
6 January 2009
19:01 GMT |
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According to the Associated Press, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently warned against the oversights that occurred during the process of constructing facilities for the nuclear power generation. The warning has been based on findings, which date from earlier this year and are connected to the co... |
5 November 2008
07:42 GMT |
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The newest wonder coming from the small world of nanotubes is the buckypaper, which resembles carbon paper in appearance and manipulation but is, in fact, 10 times lighter and 500 times tougher than steel. In the future, when the technology is up and running and the buckypaper is made on a commercial scale, it could... |
23 October 2008
03:03 GMT |
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When it comes down to a desktop computer chassis, most users generally take in consideration only the very basic design features. To be more specific, if a case looks cool, then it's considered proper for any high-end computer system. However, as most computer enthusiasts would know, a computer chassis must prov... |
24 July 2008
06:31 GMT |
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Samsung Steel is a brand new phone that will be available exclusively via Vodafone UK this summer. The handset has a nice metallic look and it seems to be a combination between G810 and U900 Soul, two of Samsung's most advanced devices from its 2008 line-up. Although the new phone surely has a name made out of... |
27 May 2008
06:28 GMT |
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Steel is one of the strongest compounds known to man, but also relatively expensive to make since it becomes brittle at low temperatures. To counter this effect, during the fabrication process expensive additives must be mixed with it. Japanese researchers claim that they have found a way to create steel that resists... |
23 May 2008
03:49 GMT |
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Holograms are usually produced with the help of laser systems, which copy the image of a real three-dimensional object onto a photosensitive material such as Fotoresist. In doesn't mean though that only optical techniques are able to create holograms. For example, embossing holograms of steel plates with the hel... |
7 March 2008
06:16 GMT |
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Science fiction materials have turned real. Steel strong plastic has been created by a team at the University of Michigan by imitating the brick-and-mortar molecular structure of the seashells. But unlike steel, the new material is lighter and transparent, even if not stretchy enough. The new plastic is built of lay... |
5 October 2007
04:23 GMT |
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Car accidents have now turned into one of the main causes of mortality in the modern society and their number is increasing, in parallel with the number of cars on the roads. Annually, over 200,000 car accidents take place only in Germany. That's why the car manufacturers dedicate a lot of time and effort (besid... |
20 September 2007
05:23 GMT |
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There is no doubt this is the robots era. And to prove this, some brainy fellows have come up with Pico Botz, which is more like a replica of the Megabyte fighting bot, rather than Robosapien's cheap copycat.PicoBotz is a programmable built for your robot, meaning it waits for the PC's instructions to funct... |
16 August 2007
05:17 GMT |
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Graphene may very well be the material of the future and is currently of high scientific interest due to its unusual electronic properties. The single planar sheet of carbon atoms - pencil tips are made of multiple graphene sheets - is now the base of a revolutionary new material that will find many practical applic... |
26 July 2007
05:50 GMT |
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It is said that the long samurai sword, the famous katana, could cut even a hair in the air. This property is not only due to the ability of the Japanese swordsmiths, but also to the composition of the Japanese traditional steel. The best quality steel achieved by using Japanese traditional techniques is called tamah... |
29 June 2007
14:56 GMT |
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Stainless steel is an iron-carbon alloy with a minimum of 10.5% chromium content, and as the name says, it has the great advantage of not rusting or corroding as easily as ordinary steel. Stainless steel's resistance to corrosion and staining, low maintenance, relative inexpense and familiar luster make it an ... |
22 June 2007
05:47 GMT |
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It may be hard to believe, but kitchen utensils are not only ordinary, every-day-life instruments, they can also provide us with important lessons in physics in general, but especially in crystallography and condensed-matter physics.How do they make a knife so tough and sharp? Which knives are better, smooth or ser... |
4 May 2007
15:41 GMT |
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