Currently, most parts of a smart phone are made of silicon and other compounds, which are expensive and break easily, but with almost 1.5 billion smart phones purchased worldwide last year, manufacturers are on the lookout ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 2, 2017
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Using advanced 3-D printing, Dartmouth College researchers have unlocked the key to transforming microscopic nanorings into smart materials that perform work at human-scale.
Materials Science
Mar 22, 2017
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Experts of the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Russia) are developing new smart nanofluidic materials that will enable manufacturing more advanced sensors, detectors, dampers, valves and tactile devices for the ...
Materials Science
Dec 14, 2016
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"Mood ring materials" could play an important role in minimizing and mitigating damage to the nation's failing infrastructure.
Nanomaterials
Nov 23, 2016
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Researchers have for the first time, developed a smart textile from carbon nanotube and spandex fibres that can both sense and move in response to a stimulus like a muscle or joint.
Engineering
Oct 11, 2016
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The rise of 3-D printing means it's now easy to create objects to any design we like from scratch, something that's already finding particular use in medicine, with 3-D printed customised prosthetics or even replacement bones ...
Materials Science
Oct 7, 2016
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Silicone is so soft and flexible that it is easily deformed by the pressure of a finger. Researchers at Fraunhofer have recently created sensors made from this flexible material, making it easier to steplessly control devices. ...
Engineering
Apr 26, 2016
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Energy harvesting is emerging as a viable method for electronic devices to pull ambient energy from their surrounding environment and convert it into electrical energy for stored power. This coveted technology has the potential ...
Polymers
Jan 26, 2016
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3D printing techniques have quickly become some of the most widely used tools to rapidly design and build new components. A team of engineers at the University of Bristol has developed a new type of 3D printing that can print ...
Engineering
Jan 19, 2016
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A team of researchers, including some from Michigan State University, is making a smart material smarter.
Engineering
Sep 15, 2015
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