Scientists have taken inspiration from one of the oldest natural materials to exploit the extraordinary qualities of graphene, a material set to revolutionise fields from computers and batteries to composite materials.
Nanomaterials
Dec 4, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When a series of rigorous simulated earthquakes - measuring up to a 7.5 magnitude - jolted the three-story, 1920s era reinforced concrete structure, UC San Diego engineers were not quite sure what would happen. ...
Engineering
Aug 25, 2009
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As large parts of the nation recover from nature's one-two punch—an earthquake followed by Hurricane Irene—building researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology warn that a double whammy of ...
Engineering
Sep 13, 2011
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Although it looks small and unassuming, the tiny origami crane sitting in a sample dish in University of Illinois professor Jennifer Lewis' lab heralds a new method for creating complex three-dimensional structures for biocompatible ...
Materials Science
Apr 14, 2010
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Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new technique for creating stronger, lightweight magnesium alloys that have potential structural applications in the automobile and aerospace industries.
Condensed Matter
Mar 13, 2013
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Identifying the underlying cause of extreme events such as floods, heavy downpours or tornados is immensely difficult and can take a concerted effort by scientists over several decades to arrive at feasible physical explanations.
General Physics
Oct 2, 2023
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A study published in the Chemical Engineering Journal describes a strategy to produce a material based on zinc oxide (ZnO) capable of degrading sertraline, an antidepressant that has been detected, like other drugs, in groundwater ...
Analytical Chemistry
Dec 19, 2023
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The discovery of graphene, a material just one atom thick and possessing exceptional strength and other novel properties, started an avalanche of research around its use for everything from electronics to optics to structural ...
Nanophysics
Aug 23, 2012
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Ceramics are not known for their flexibility: they tend to crack under stress. But researchers from MIT and Singapore have just found a way around that problem—for very tiny objects, at least.
Condensed Matter
Sep 26, 2013
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Weighing up to 8,000 pounds, hadrosaurs, or duck-billed dinosaurs were among the largest dinosaurs to roam the Earth. How did the skeletons of these four-legged, plant-eating dinosaurs with very long necks support such a ...
Archaeology
Aug 20, 2020
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