Three-dimensional printing technology makes it possible to rapidly manufacture objects by depositing layer upon layer of polymers in a precisely determined pattern. Once these objects are completed, the polymers that form ...
Materials Science
Jan 13, 2017
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What can a beetle tell us about good design principles? Quite a lot, actually.
Materials Science
Jan 11, 2017
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An international team of researchers has created a nanoceramic material that not only can withstand the harsh effects of radiation, but also becomes tougher under radiation.
Materials Science
Dec 9, 2016
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Whether building organs or maintaining healthy adult tissues, cells use biochemical and mechanical cues from their environment to make important decisions, such as becoming a neuron, a skin cell or a heart cell. Scientists ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 5, 2016
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Physicists at LMU have developed a novel nanotool that provides a facile means of characterizing the mechanical properties of biomolecules.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 21, 2016
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Scientists from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) have discovered for the first time how marine animals called sea cucumbers can rapidly change the stiffness of their body, which could provide a useful basis for developing ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 7, 2016
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Would you dress in diamond nanothreads? It's not as far-fetched as you might think. And you'll have a Brisbane-based carbon chemist and engineer to thank for it.
Nanomaterials
Oct 6, 2016
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Light-emitting, four-armed nanocrystals could someday form the basis of an early warning system in structural materials by revealing microscopic cracks that portend failure, thanks to recent research by scientists from the ...
Nanomaterials
Sep 20, 2016
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Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have demonstrated a method for making three-dimensional images of structures in biological material under natural conditions at a much higher resolution than other existing ...
Nanophysics
Sep 6, 2016
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Flakes of graphene welded together into solid materials may be suitable for bone implants, according to a study led by Rice University scientists.
Nanomaterials
Sep 2, 2016
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