Archive for 2017
Supercomputer simulations shed insight into thermal conductivity of glass and other amorphous materials
Using the power of a supercomputer at the Texas Advanced Computing Center at the University of Texas Austin, a Georgia Tech professor of mechanical engineering is going to save the world—and glass is going to play a central role.
Read MoreElectronics Division names best student posters and presentations from EMA 2017
The ACerS Electronics Division presented awards for exceptional student work during the January 2017 Electronic Materials and Applications meeting in Orlando,…
Read MoreVideo: Watch this 3-D printed, jet-powered unmanned aerial vehicle soar
Additive manufacturing company Stratasys and unmanned aerial vehicle systems manufacturing specialist Aurora Flight Sciences have teamed to fabricate something light, fast, and revolutionary—the first jet-powered, 3-D printed drone aircraft.
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Advanced materials power next-generation molecular separations, Tethon 3D to print replicas of the Mars Curiosity rover landing site, and other materials stories that may be of interest for February 1, 2017.
Read MoreMethod quickly infiltrates ceramic foams with molten metal to create stable cermet composites
A team of researchers at Texas A&M University has developed a current-activated pressure-assisted infiltration method that can quickly and efficiently combine ceramics and metals into stable, high-performance cermet composites.
Read MoreWild weather kicks off international ceramics conference in Daytona Beach, Fla.
Wild weather didn’t interfere with ACerS Engineering Ceramics Division’s International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites. Nearly 1,000 attendees from 51 countries attended the 41st ICACC this week in Daytona Beach, Fla.
Read More1-D gets easy: Simple technique effortlessly converts bulk materials into oxide nanowires
Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology have devised a technique to transform bulk materials into oxide nanowires at room temperature and pressure, without the use of catalysts, toxic chemicals, or expensive processes.
Read MoreVideo: Inflatable technology turns flat concrete geometry into 3-D dome structures
Researchers at Technische Universität Wien have devised a method to mold flat, precisely designed concrete geometries and then inflate the hardened slabs off the ground to form 3-D concrete domes.
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Graphene’s sleeping superconductivity awakens, discovery could lead to jet engines that run hotter and cleaner, and other materials stories that may be of interest for January 25, 2017.
Read MoreSea sponges resist buckling by building optimally engineered glass toothpicks
Researchers at Brown University have taken a closer look at the orange puffball sea sponge’s silica spicules and found that they, too, have evolved a precisely engineered design that provides the structures with maximal strength.
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