Skoltech researchers have enhanced pultrusion—a technology used to produce fiber-reinforced polymers of constant cross-section—profiles. These are light and stiff composite materials made of plastic and glass or carbon ...
Polymers
Sep 14, 2022
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Mica, a well-known insulator, has been found to behave as a semiconductor when thinned down to a few molecular layers
Nanophysics
Jul 7, 2022
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When preparing for what could be a busy hurricane season, LSU Archival Expert Ed Benoit warns planning ahead is critical. When responding to a natural disaster gathering precious items and documents can be low on the priority ...
Other
Jul 6, 2022
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A world-first—or solar-system-first—archaeological project has this week begun on the International Space Station.
Space Exploration
Jan 18, 2022
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The continent of Africa has a distinctive physical geography—an "egg carton" pattern of basins and swells—that researchers attribute to plumes of mantle rocks rising beneath a tectonic plate. Marine fossils on mountaintops ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 14, 2022
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The term "greenhouse effect" became part of public lexicon decades ago, thanks to the ongoing discourse on climate change. A natural phenomenon, the greenhouse effect describes how heat from the sun, in the form of radiation, ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 17, 2021
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Blisters (tiny air pockets) or loops in Band-Aids or tapes can be quite annoying and difficult to remove. What's more, they can also affect the materials used to make flexible electronics and soft robotics. Researchers from ...
General Physics
Aug 24, 2021
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An adhesive tape patented by Staffordshire University researchers to recover trace evidence from crimes scenes is being adopted to analyze microplastics more efficiently.
Environment
Jul 21, 2021
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To solve practical issues, sometimes all we have to do is study nature. An often quoted example is that of the gecko, a small animal known for the phenomenal adhesive strength in its feet, which allows it to walk on walls ...
Materials Science
Apr 21, 2021
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Although out of sight to the majority of end users, data centers work behind the scenes to run the internet, businesses, research institutions and more. These data centers depend on high-capacity digital storage, the demand ...
Materials Science
Oct 8, 2020
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