Search results for 4-D printing

Hardware Jun 11, 2019

Preparing scientific applications for exascale computing

Exascale computers are soon expected to debut, including Frontier at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF) and Aurora at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF), both ...

General Physics Jun 10, 2019

Researchers develop new metamaterial that can improve MRI quality and reduce scan time

Could a small ringlike structure made of plastic and copper amplify the already powerful imaging capabilities of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine? Xin Zhang, Stephan Anderson, and their team at the Boston University ...

General Physics Jun 4, 2019

Laws of physics replace trial and error in new approaches to bioprinting

3-D printers can be used to make a variety of useful objects by building up a shape, layer by layer. Scientists have used this same technique to "bioprint" living tissues, including muscle and bone.

Economics & Business Jun 3, 2019

In the aftermath of company scandals, auditors charge higher fees or leave

When thousands of fake Wells Fargo accounts came to light in 2016, the media scrutinized everyone behind the scandal, with the bank's external auditor, KPMG, sharing print space in nearly every article. A new study from researchers ...

Space Exploration Jun 3, 2019

Five ethical questions for how we choose to use the moon

The moon has always served as an inspiration for humanity, and there are many potential benefits for further exploration of our planet's rocky satellite.

Materials Science May 29, 2019

3-D printed artificial corneas similar to human ones

When a person has a severely damaged cornea, a corneal transplant is required. However, there are 2,000 patients waiting for the cornea donation in the country as of 2018, and they wait for six or more years on average for ...

Materials Science May 27, 2019

Scientists create new aluminum alloy with flexibility, strength, lightness

Aluminum is one of the most promising materials for aeronautics and automobile industry. Scientists from the National University of Science and Technology (MISIS) found a simple and efficient way of strengthening aluminum-based ...

Other May 22, 2019

Would you eat lab-created fish? This startup is carving new path in 'alt-meat' industry

It's official: alternative meat has gone mainstream.

Materials Science May 21, 2019

3-D grayscale digital light printing (g-DLP) highly functionally graded materials (FGM)

Three-dimensional (3-D) printing or additive manufacture (AM) is a popular technique that has presently attracted tremendous attention as a promising method to revolutionize design and manufacture. Researchers have expanded ...

Bio & Medicine Apr 26, 2019

Tiny robots powered by magnetic fields could help drug-delivery nanoparticles reach their targets

MIT engineers have designed tiny robots that can help drug-delivery nanoparticles push their way out of the bloodstream and into a tumor or another disease site. Like crafts in "Fantastic Voyage"—a 1960s science fiction ...

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