Researchers at North Carolina State University have pioneered a new imaging method that is allowing them to peer inside a material’s atomic organization to precisely map the location of distortions, a unique perspective that is allowing them to see how those distortions affect the material’s properties.
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DOE solicits FY2014 hydrogen and fuel cell proposals (pdf) The U.S. Department of Energy announced its initial Fiscal Year 2014 Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer…
Read MoreScience, art or both? Winners of Cambridge University engineering department photography competition
Zinc oxide grown on a nanoporous substrate. The exterior morphology gives the bump a tortoise shell look, but a gap on the left side shows that these are pillars growing…
Read MorePtychography is a new approach to microscopy that eschews lenses. Instead, diffraction patterns are collected and reconstructed using algorithms that work backwards to create the image. In this example, the…
Read MoreStained samples of pollen (leftmost) and plant stems Top row: commercial microscope. Bottom row: cell phone microscope. Credit: Z. J. Smith, K. Chu, A. R. Espenson, M. Rahimzadeh, A. Gryshuk,…
Read MoreElectrochemical strain microscopy images ion mobility. The overlay shows electrochemical activity of platinum nanoparticles on a yttria-stabilized zirconia surface, showing ionic activity along the triple phase boundaries. Credit: ORNL My…
Read MoreEach year, the ACerS Basic Science Division sponsors a ceramographic competition at the Society’s Annual Meeting. The competition’s top award is the Roland B. Snow Award, presented to the Best…
Read MoreEach year, the ACerS Basic Science Division sponsors a ceramographic competition at the Society’s Annual Meeting. The competition’s top award is the Roland B. Snow Award, presented to the Best…
Read MoreSCI Engineered Materials receives $1 million thin film solar order Thresher Industries selects the Cal Poly’s materials engineering program to set up testing protocol Bekaert introduces one-piece rotatable AZO target…
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