How Superconductors Gain Their Capabilities

How Superconductors Gain Their Capabilities

Flaws in their structure may be why they conduct electricity so well

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 21st, 2012
Advanced Ceramic Membrane for Carbon Capture Created

Advanced Ceramic Membrane for Carbon Capture Created

The device is capable of producing a stream of pure carbon dioxide

New Material Combines Diamonds and Ceramics

New Material Combines Diamonds and Ceramics

It represents an important innovation in materials science

Fingernail-Sized Chip Can Hold 20 HD DVDs

Fingernail-Sized Chip Can Hold 20 HD DVDs

It exceeds by far memory capacities in stores today

  • Sci Pry
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 13th, 2009
Weird Ceramic to Benefit Hydrogen-Fuel Cell Production

Weird Ceramic to Benefit Hydrogen-Fuel Cell Production

Nobody knows how it works, but it does

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 28th, 2009
Thermal Images of Shuttle Reentry Captured

Thermal Images of Shuttle Reentry Captured

They give clues of the strains the craft undergoes

FI Experts Devise New, Round Particle Filters

FI Experts Devise New, Round Particle Filters

They will save large amounts of money

New Archaeological Dating Method Uses Water and Fire

New Archaeological Dating Method Uses Water and Fire

It unlocks "internal clocks" in the samples

  • Sci Pry
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 11th, 2008
Piezoelectric Crystals Turn Roads into Power Plants

Piezoelectric Crystals Turn Roads into Power Plants

The system will be tested in Israel starting January

  • Sci Pry
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 6th, 2008
Structure of Mother-of-pearl Mimicked with Ceramics

Structure of Mother-of-pearl Mimicked with Ceramics

Researchers at Berkeley National Laboratory have devised the material

New Ceramics Could Make Microwave Ovens Twice as Efficient

New Ceramics Could Make Microwave Ovens Twice as Efficient

Microwave transparent ovenware has become obsolete

New Component in High Temperature Superconductors Identified

New Component in High Temperature Superconductors Identified

Possible link between magnetism and superconductivity discovered

Ceramic Material Heals Itself Under Radiation

Ceramic Material Heals Itself Under Radiation

Newly found material property could enhance nuclear safety

Superconductivity: No Vortices in Ceramics?

Superconductivity: No Vortices in Ceramics?

Novel Experiment Reveals Interactions Between Superconductivity and Magnetism

High-Tech Fibers Mimic and Improve Natural Materials

High-Tech Fibers Mimic and Improve Natural Materials

Artificial fibers mimicking lotus leaves and spider silk