Though famous for their mid-air hovering during hunting, tiny hummingbirds have another trait that is literally telltale: males of some hummingbird species generate loud sounds with their tail feathers while courting females. ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 8, 2011
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Bone is one of nature's surprising "building materials." Pound-for-pound it's stronger than steel, tough yet resilient. Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have identified the composition that ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 8, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The atomic force microscope (AFM) is an important tool for nanoscale surface metrology. Typical AFMs map local tip-surface interactions by scanning a flexible cantilever probe over a surface. They rely on ...
Nanophysics
Jun 2, 2011
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A team of researchers at MIT has found a way to make complex composite materials whose attributes can be fine-tuned to give various desirable combinations of properties such as stiffness, strength, resistance to impacts and ...
Materials Science
May 26, 2011
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Researchers at Rice University have created a synthetic material that gets stronger from repeated stress much like the body strengthens bones and muscles after repeated workouts.
Nanomaterials
Mar 23, 2011
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Nanoscale whiskers from sea creatures could grow human muscle tissue
Bio & Medicine
Mar 11, 2011
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To ensure that wooden constructions are sufficiently stable, timber must first be graded according to its strength. Machines for this already exist, but they are rarely used in Europe as current EU standards stipulate expensive ...
Other
Mar 11, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Theo Odijk, you win. The professor of biotechnology at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands has a new best friend in Rice University's Matteo Pasquali.
Nanomaterials
Jan 6, 2011
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People often have strong opinions on the "right" firmness of mattresses for themselves, and, as it turns out, some cell types have similar preferences for their support structures. Now a research team from the National Institute ...
Materials Science
May 27, 2010
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Researchers are developing technologies that use lasers to create arterial stents and longer-lasting medical implants that could be manufactured 10 times faster and also less expensively than is now possible.
Engineering
Sep 15, 2009
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