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A collaboration of experts in the United States has just finished developing the high-temperature version of photonic crystals, advanced materials that are used for numerous applications. The new constructs can function at temperatures of up to 1,200 degrees Celsius, opening even more applications.
The research team... |
3 February 2012
17:01 GMT |
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The internal states of atoms can apparently be manipulated using special types of laser light, experts at the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announce in a new study. This ability has never been demonstrated before. The most interesting aspect of this study is that atomic interactions can b... |
9 December 2011
02:47 GMT |
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A group of experts at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) announces the development of the lightest solid material ever developed. An entire brick made out of the material weighs nearly nothing, the team says.
The work was conducted under the supervision of assistant professor of materials science and ... |
18 November 2011
08:11 GMT |
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Nearly 10 years after the September 11, 2001 attacks that brought down the World Trade Center, scientists are learning from the lessons the devastation had to offer. Stanford University researchers are currently developing technologies, designs and materials to prevent similar catastrophes. Their goal is to reduce th... |
9 September 2011
04:53 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new investigation, it would appear that the basic knowledge we thought we had on static electricity is wrong. The study found that the physical principles that underlie this phenomenon are more complex than originally thought. Static electricity is one of the most commonly used ways ... |
27 June 2011
03:43 GMT |
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A collaboration of physicists in the United States announce the development of a diamond aerogel, a new material that could have a wide array of applications. Possible uses range from improving electronics to making space exploration easier than ever before. Also known as frozen smoke, aerogels are materials that con... |
10 May 2011
07:29 GMT |
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Changing the thermal and electrical conductivity of certain materials is definitely possible, say experts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who recently managed to demonstrate a method of doing just that. Their work provides a new approach to influencing the properties of materials.Causing these traits to... |
29 April 2011
09:41 GMT |
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Drivers could soon forget about the large costs associated with fixing their cars' paint jobs. A team of experts from Switzerland and the United States announces the creation of a self-healing polymer, that could be used to create paints which take care of themselves.Members of the team imagine a future where dr... |
21 April 2011
04:28 GMT |
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While conducting a new investigation on a meteorite discovered decades ago, experts were able to identify that the structure contained a previously-unidentified type of mineral. Analysis has confirmed an extraterrestrial origin for the material.The team was investigating an enstatite chondrite called Yamato 691, whic... |
6 April 2011
03:01 GMT |
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A team of experts at the Rice University, in the United States, announces the creation of the world's largest databased on possible zeolites. These are materials with tremendous applications as catalysts, experts say, but the problem with them is that only about 50 occur naturally.Zeolites are materials with ver... |
5 April 2011
15:31 GMT |
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Experts at the Australian National University (ANU) have recently compiled a new mathematical model, that goes a long way towards explaining the physics behind the pruney fingers we get if we stay in the water for prolonged periods of time. Evolutionary biologists say that this is an evolutionary adaptation we develo... |
9 March 2011
07:29 GMT |
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A group of investigators from the United States announces the development of method for producing hybrid thermoelectric materials, that are just as efficient as any other materials in their class, but at a fraction the cost. Thermoelectrics are materials that can transform electricity directly into heating or cooling... |
6 November 2010
05:11 GMT |
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Over the past few years, materials scientists have developed a series of new inventions, metamaterials that have exquisite physical and chemical properties. But because they are extremely advanced, they are still incredibly difficult to produce.A team of investigators from the Interuniversity Microelectronics Center ... |
27 October 2010
10:00 GMT |
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Studying the way in which electrons arrange and interact with each other is an on-going field of research in physics and chemistry. Experts say that knowing more about this could lead to them solving a host of long-standing mysteries in physics. Bringing this objective a little closer were researchers at the US Depar... |
3 June 2010
08:53 GMT |
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A group of investigators is currently working on discovering materials that could be used to readily absorb carbon dioxide. The work is being carried out in order to innovate the carbon capture and storage industry (CCS), which seeks to trap the dangerous greenhouse gas in smokestacks, before it's released into ... |
27 May 2010
08:45 GMT |
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There are numerous reasons why engineers and architects would want to employ smart materials in their constructions. For starters, they are more durable, they are especially designed for the task at hand, reduce repair costs, and extend the life of the structures they make up. Some even have self-healing properties, ... |
25 May 2010
09:10 GMT |
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Scientists believe that the chemical magnesium holds great promise for the future. Over the past few years, as people have begun waking up and realizing that they are harming the planet, much more emphasis has been placed on discovering alternative energy sources and materials. There are many goals in this effort, in... |
21 May 2010
06:07 GMT |
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A group of German researchers, together with partners in the industry, recently managed to create one of the most advanced materials produced lately. Their innovation combines the best characteristics of diamonds and high-performance ceramics into a single material. The outstanding features of the new diamond-coated ... |
19 May 2010
09:47 GMT |
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It's no secret to anyone that flawless diamonds are the most expensive ones. That naturally happens because they are very rare. A large portion of all extracted diamonds have flaws, while others only small defects. Some time ago, researchers at the University of California in Santa Barbara (UCSB) have determined... |
4 May 2010
09:43 GMT |
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Given the high level of miniaturization current technologies operate at, it stands to reason that a wide variety of very small systems need to be devised. The future of most industries lies in producing tiny versions of existing equipments, which could be introduced in mechanical, biological and chemical system at th... |
14 April 2010
05:39 GMT |
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A group of investigators recently managed to produce a two-layer sheet of material at the nanoscale that they say resembles a cellular wall. The substrate is made out of polymers, and the group says that it has amazingly-well defined edges. This in turn is bound to make it suitable for a wide array of potential appli... |
12 April 2010
09:02 GMT |
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For many years, materials scientists have been looking at spiders and silk worms with awe. These tiny animals know from instinct how to construct some of the toughest materials in the world. The silk they produce has enormously-interesting properties, including the fact that it's stronger and lighter than steel,... |
15 March 2010
05:42 GMT |
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Aeronautics researchers have for a long time tried to catch a glimpse of nature for inspiration, as they tried to produce more and more natural-looking wing designs, for improved flight. Birds, over the millions of years of evolution they had at their disposal, managed to reach a point where they are extremely well s... |
11 March 2010
08:47 GMT |
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Researchers have recently demonstrated a new type of polymer, that can easily remember up to four different shapes, and which can revert to each of them depending on the temperature it is being subjected to at a particular time. Needless to say, such a material has tremendous potential, for applications in fields ran... |
11 March 2010
02:41 GMT |
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By combining the atom-thick carbon compound graphene with very small sheets of hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN), researchers at the Rice University managed to obtain a new type of structure that is bound to advance materials science considerably. The investigators produced a two-dimensional quilt, which essentially ove... |
2 March 2010
05:28 GMT |
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Many studies have demonstrated over the past few years that cities tend to be hotter than their surrounding landscape, with the temperature difference situated at around two or three degrees Celsius. This is what is generally referred to as the urban heat island effect, as cities resemble hot spots when viewed from s... |
22 February 2010
06:47 GMT |
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Scientists have recently developed a new type of material that could in the near future lead to an entirely new paradigm shift in the way we choose to protect various sensitive equipment, objects and environments. Spray-on glass is a substance that, when applied to something, creates a very thin protective layer, tha... |
16 February 2010
15:51 GMT |
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Generally, bus drivers covering city routes are very apt at their profession, and deliver passengers safely to their destinations. Accidents occur mostly when other drivers plunge into their vehicles. The same is not necessarily true for drivers covering international bus trips, who spend long hours on the road. One ... |
19 January 2010
08:45 GMT |
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Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Physics have all the reason to be joyful. They recently received a $431,200 grant from the US National Science Foundation (NSF) that will be used to purchase an advanced, highly specialized imaging system, the first of its kind to be installed... |
26 September 2009
05:50 GMT |
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Crash tests are the ultimate tests to assess a vehicle's safety, but they are only the last to be run before a vehicle is approved for production. Oftentimes, the results of these tests are considerably different from the initial predictions, which are mostly run on computers. Now, experts from the Fraunhofer In... |
14 September 2009
10:34 GMT |
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