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Direct digital: Novel casting process could transform how complex metal parts are made

A Georgia Tech research team has developed a novel technology that could change how industry designs and casts complex, costly metal parts. This new casting method makes possible faster prototype development ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 7

Engineering students using such design tools as SMART boards are more successful at completing projects: study

(Phys.org) -- Classrooms have become smarter, thanks to the use of digital devices such as computers, SMART boards, and other handheld devices. But are these technological advancements birthing a new and smarter generation ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

How to make a splash

(Phys.org) -- A team of physicists has used the high-energy x-rays of the Advanced Photon Source (APS) at Argonne National Laboratory to penetrate the everyday mystery of a splash, revealing previously hidden ...

Physics / Soft Matter

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

How heroin works: Imaging opioid receptors in the brain

(Phys.org) -- Researchers and doctors have gleaned new clues to the molecular mechanisms behind some of the most addictive substances in the world, thanks to two new studies that uncovered the structures of ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Creating nanostructures from the bottom up

Microscopic particles are being coaxed by Duke University engineers to assemble themselves into larger crystalline structures by the use of varying concentrations of microscopic particles and magnetic fields.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

DARPA releases cause of hypersonic glider anomaly

(AP) -- An unmanned hypersonic glider likely aborted its 13,000 mph flight over the Pacific Ocean last summer because unexpectedly large sections of its skin peeled off, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 21, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 26

Researchers develop versatile synthetic platform to produce biodegradable biomaterials for specific biomedical applicati

(Phys.org) -- Despite significant advances, the development of synthetic biomaterials still presents significant challenges in the field of biomedical engineering. Although synthetic biodegradable materials such as polyester ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ferroelectric oxides do the twist

(Phys.org) -- Some materials, by their nature, do what we want them to do -- notably, the ubiquitous, semiconducting silicon found in almost every electronic device. But sometimes, naturally occurring materials ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists identify key steps to respond to growing Asia Pacific research strengths

The most dramatic new developments in science are taking place among nations in the Asia-Pacific and the phenomenon is changing the dynamic of science around the globe, according to three science and academic leaders from ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Oscillating gel acts like artificial skin, giving robots potential ability to 'feel'

Sooner than later, robots may have the ability to "feel." In a paper published online March 26 in Advanced Functional Materials, a team of researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and the Massachusetts Instit ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Data mining deep space

Bahram Mobasher, a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of California, Riverside, has received a two-year $200,000 grant from NASA to compile into a data bank all the imaging observations of ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New process converts polyethylene into carbon fiber

(PhysOrg.com) -- Common material such as polyethylene used in plastic bags could be turned into something far more valuable through a process being developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Sandia’s Ion Beam Laboratory looks at advanced materials for reactors

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sandia National Laboratories is using its Ion Beam Laboratory (IBL) to study how to rapidly evaluate the tougher advanced materials needed to build the next generation of nuclear reactors ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

TDK launches eSSD series: Single chip Solid State Drives (SSD)

TDK Corporation has developed the eSSD series, a single chip 3Gbps SSD with serial ATA interface that uses multi-chip technology to integrate the TDK SSD controller GBDriver RS3 with NAND type flash memory ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Calculating the cost of advanced manufacturing

For Tim Gutowski, advanced manufacturing is an opportunity not just to boost employment, but also to improve the environment.

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast