A new world of flexible, bendable, even stretchable electronics is emerging from research labs to address a wide range of potentially game-changing uses. The common, rigid printed circuit board is slowly being replaced by ...
Materials Science
Aug 17, 2015
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Giving new meaning to the term "sonic boom," University of Illinois chemists have used sound to trigger microscopic explosions.
General Physics
Apr 3, 2015
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As the U.S. Nuclear Deterrent ages, one essential factor in making sure that the weapons will continue to perform as designed is understanding the fundamental properties of the high explosives that are part of a nuclear weapons ...
General Physics
Nov 4, 2014
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Lead azide, which is toxic, is a basic component of munitions and detonators. LMU chemists have now synthesized a novel primary explosive that contains no lead.
Materials Science
Jul 2, 2014
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(Phys.org) —University of Adelaide research may help in the fight against terrorism with the creation of a sensor that can detect tiny quantities of explosives with the use of light and special glass fibres.
Analytical Chemistry
May 8, 2014
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Michigan State University research has put the possibility of bomb-detecting lasers at security checkpoints within reach.
General Physics
Sep 9, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Whether they are rocket propellants or fireworks, all explosives contain a fuel and an oxidizing agent. Sometimes both are in the same molecule, like in TNT; sometimes the explosive is a mixture, like Thermite. ...
Materials Science
Aug 14, 2013
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(Phys.org) —A chemical that's often the key ingredient in improvised explosive devices (IEDs) can be quickly and safely detected in trace amounts by a new polymer created by a team of Cornell chemists.
Polymers
Jun 5, 2013
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(Phys.org)—Researchers at Harvard University have begun testing a new way to get robots to jump higher. Instead of building stronger legs, or using compressed air, they are imbedding tubes in its legs that when filled with ...
(Phys.org)—The European Space Agency's Herschel Space Observatory has produced an intricate view of the remains of a star that died in a stellar explosion a millennium ago. This new view provides further proof that the ...
Astronomy
Dec 18, 2012
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