With the development of new high-tech body armor, the iconic Iron-Man suit is no longer relegated to comic books and blockbuster films.
Read MoreNanotechnology zeolite materials with pores 7–10 nm in size are ideal for gasoline refining and other applications, according to Rive Technology, a company in the process of commercializing the technology.
Read MoreThe US Department of Energy last week announced awards totaling about $60 million to support innovative solar energy research and development of both solar materials to improve efficiency and so-called “soft” costs such as solar photovoltaic system design, permitting, and installation.
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest.
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Read MoreIf small enough, zirconia rods exhibit shape memory and superelastic properties without crumbling.
Read More‘Poisoning’ increases magnesium corrosion resistance Scientists have found a way to dramatically increase the corrosion resistance of magnesium: adding arsenic. The lightest structural metal, magnesium has many potential industrial applications…
Read MoreThe brick-and-mortar pattern of MIT’s simulated bone and nacre material doesn’t look much like the real thing. Credit: M. Buehler/MIT; photo by Graham Bratzel. For an observer of science and…
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