The storage capacity of hard disk drives could increase by a factor of five thanks to processes developed by chemists and engineers at The University of Texas at Austin.
Polymers
Nov 13, 2012
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Taking inspiration from the yellow fattail scorpion, which uses a bionic shield to protect itself against scratches from desert sandstorms, scientists have developed a new way to protect the moving parts of machinery from ...
Materials Science
Jan 25, 2012
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A team of engineers from the University of Pennsylvania has transformed simple nanowires into reconfigurable materials and circuits, demonstrating a novel, self-assembling method for chemically creating nanoscale structures ...
Nanophysics
Oct 23, 2009
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Along Canadian coasts, storm surges and flooding have gone from breaking news to seasonal norms.
Environment
Nov 17, 2023
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A climate-neutral energy supply requires a wide variety of materials for energy conversion processes, for example catalytically active materials and new electrodes for batteries. Many of these materials have nanostructures ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 30, 2022
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In the popular view of traditional science, scientists are in the lab hovering over their experiments, micromanaging every little detail. For example, they may iteratively test a wide variety of material compositions, synthesis ...
Materials Science
Jul 28, 2021
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Magnetism is a property of matter known by the humankind for several thousand years, long before these properties could be described in a theory. Classical magnets are metals or rare earth alloys, hard materials, such as ...
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 5, 2021
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Researchers at TU Delft have developed highly programmable actuators that, similar to the human hand, combine soft and hard materials to perform complex movements. These materials have great potential for soft robots that ...
Materials Science
Jul 10, 2019
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A research team of fusion scientists has succeeded in developing a "nano-scale sculpture technique" to fabricate an ultra-thin film by sharpening a tungsten sample with a focused ion beam. This enables the nano-scale observation ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 9, 2019
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Researchers at Linköping University, LiU, have developed a theoretical model that enables simulations for showing what happens in hard cutting materials as they degrade. The model will enable manufacturing industries to ...
Materials Science
Mar 8, 2019
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