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What If Airplanes Could Repair Their Own Damage?
3-D-printed next-generation of high strength, lightweight structures that can autonomously heal impact damage Airplanes are behemoths of the sky; a commercial airliner is over 6,000 times as heavy as a...
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How to mix old tyres and building rubble to make sustainable roads
Researchers have shown how a blend of old tyres and building rubble could be used as a sustainable road-making material, in a zero-waste solution to boost recycling and support the circular economy. ....
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How plantains and carbon nanotubes can improve cars
A luxury automobile is not really a place to look for something like sisal, hemp, or wood. Yet automakers have been using natural fibers for decades. Some high-end sedans and coupes use these in...
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Chemists create the brightest-ever fluorescent materials
By formulating positively charged fluorescent dyes into a new class of materials called small-molecule ionic isolation lattices (SMILES), a compound’s brilliant glow can be seamlessly transferred to a...
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Solution for clean mobility: Brake pads without copper or nickel
The Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAM in Dresden together with the Danish SBS Friction A/S as well as the Danish Technological Institute are developing an...
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Fracture toughness of the material for aircraft construction is increased by...
Scientists from NUST MISIS have found a way to increase the fracture toughness of silicon carbide, a promising structural material for the production of refractory parts, by 1.5 times. Such results...
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Pothole repair made eco-friendly using grit from wastewater treatment
Potholes are aggravating to drive over, and they can cause billions of dollars of damage every year to automobile wheels, tires and suspensions. Currently, road crews fill in these holes with...
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Nanomaterials inspired by insect wings destroy bacteria on contact
The wings of cicadas and dragonflies are natural bacteria killers, a phenomenon that has spurred researchers searching for ways to defeat drug-resistant superbugs. New anti-bacterial surfaces are being...
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Eco-friendly zero-cement concrete which all but eliminates corrosion
Concrete corrosion and fatbergs plague sewage systems around the world, leading to costly and disruptive maintenance. But now RMIT engineers have developed concrete that can withstand the corrosive...
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New Method Can Pinpoint Cracks In Metal Long Before They Cause Catastrophes
When metallic components in airplanes, bridges and other structures crack, the results are often catastrophic. But Johns Hopkins University researchers have found a way to reliably predict the...
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2X load-bearing capacities and 3X useful lifespan using carbon textile to...
the combination of carbon textile grid and cement mortar are noncombustible and resistant to water, corrosion and cold weather More than 90% of the infrastructure in South Korea, including bridges,...
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Antora Energy: World’s most efficient solid state heat engine; over 30%...
Update- Three Articles September 19, witnessed a group of designers crowding around a squat, silver cylinder resembling the size of a grill tank in the rear of a messy workshop at Lawrence Berkeley...
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Liquid nanofoam could be a game changer for future football helmets
A liquid nanofoam liner undergoing testing could prolong the safe use of football helmets, says a Michigan State University researcher. During an impact, pressurized water fills the nano pores. When a...
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Solid phase processing — Metal alloys and composites via mechanical shear force
atomic level improvements demonstrated Finding new, low-cost ways to make better metal alloys and composites is one of the holy grails of the materials research world. Scientists at the U.S. Department...
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Diamonds produced at room temperature in minutes using high pressure,...
a process that normally requires billions of years, huge amounts of pressure and super-hot temperatures An international team of scientists led by The Australian National University (ANU) and RMIT...
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Antiferromagnets suitable for dissipationless nanoelectronics, contrary to...
spontaneous Hall effect exhibited Sometimes combinations of different things produce effects that no one expects, such as when completely new properties appear that the two combined parts do not have...
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Fine tuning ‘twistronics’ of 2D crystals can help accelerate the next...
An international research team led by The University of Manchester have revealed a breakthrough method that could lead to autonomous robotic control and therefore precise fine tuning of the ‘twist’...
View ArticleVersatile building blocks make structures with surprising mechanical properties
subunits could be robotically assembled to produce large, complex objects, including cars, robots, or wind turbine blades Researchers at MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms have created tiny building...
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Irradiating a fluid jet with UV to produce microspheres, microlenses and...
capable of creating well-defined microlenses that could enhance energy efficiency of solar cells or improve yield of LED displays In-air photopolymerization is a process enabling the manufacture of a...
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Scientists invent glue activated by magnetic field
potential boon to green manufacturing, the new glue saves on energy, time and space Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), have developed a new way to cure...
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