Materials & Innovations

Pervious concrete swallows 400 gallons

By / November 3, 2009

Pervious concrete

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Monday materials music

By / November 2, 2009

For some reason, I am really thirsty now.

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Lotus leaves modeled for anti-icing coating

By / November 2, 2009

A group of researchers from the University of Pittsburgh, University of California Riverside and the Ross Technology Corporation joined a growing list of researchers studying the superhydrophobic property of lotus…

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Single layer superconductivity

By / October 30, 2009

Physicists at Brookhaven National Laboratory have identified a single layer responsible for one such material’s ability to become superconducting. The technique, described in the Oct. 30, 2009, issue of Science,…

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Nissan Leaf breaks from Big Three mold

By / October 28, 2009

On the heels of last week’s post about Nissan’s new plug-in hybrid, The Wall Street Journal reported that Nissan is the only car manufacturer out of Japan’s Big Three (Toyota,…

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Monday materials music

By / October 26, 2009

Finally, NASA gets some props. International Space Station baby!

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New material to power tiny generators

By / October 24, 2009

Via press release from University of Wisconsin, we learn that a team of researchers has developed a piezoelectric nanogenerator and experimented with a variety of materials to power it. The…

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New computer chip holds 1 TB of data

By / October 23, 2009

A team of engineers at North Carolina State University has created a small chip that can hold 1TB of data. That’s over 50 times the capacity of today’s silicon-based chip.…

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MS&T’09 to feature Alfred University ceramic art display

By / October 22, 2009

MS&T’09 is 95 percent pure science. The other 5 percent is designed to be on the lighter side. For example, the student mug drop and putting contest are always big…

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MS&T’09 keynoter Jeffrey Wadsworth wins materials award

By / October 22, 2009

ACerS member Jeffrey Wadsworth has just been named the winner of the National Materials Achievement Award from the Federation of Materials Societies (of which, ACerS is a member). Wadsworth, president…

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