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By Lisa McDonald / October 28, 2020

Charge electric cars up to 90% in six minutes, new model for ceramic conductivity, and other materials stories that may be of interest for October 28, 2020.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / August 19, 2020

Ion-pump photovoltaics, eggshell-based surgical material for skull injuries, and other materials stories that may be of interest for August 19, 2020.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / July 1, 2020

New boron-lanthanide nanostructure, magnetic wood shields against electromagnetic interference, and other materials stories that may be of interest for July 1, 2020.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / January 1, 2020

Tomato skin and graphene to generate electricity, how tungsten erodes in tokamaks, and other materials stories that may be of interest for January 1, 2020.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / July 17, 2019

Preventing MXene degradation, glass-specific periodic table of elements, and other materials stories that may be of interest for July 17, 2019.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / March 20, 2019

Improving Li-ion batteries using nanodots, scalable graphene yarn, and other materials stories that may be of interest for March 20, 2019.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / March 13, 2019

Smoothing wrinkles in graphene, engineering plants, and other materials stories that may be of interest for March 13, 2019.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / March 6, 2019

Welding glass to metal, defying Joule’s first law, and other materials stories that may be of interest for March 6, 2019.

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Superior carbide surface may provide sufficient ultra-high temperature ceramic for hypersonic aircraft

By Faye Oney / July 18, 2017

Researchers have created a carbide material that outperforms conventional UHTCs. Their discovery could lead to new coatings on hypersonic aircraft that can withstand extreme temperatures at Mach 5 speeds.

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The heat is on: Conductive graphene composite may help simplify aircraft ice removal

By Stephanie Liverani / January 26, 2016

Chemists from Rice University in Houston, Texas, are turning up the heat on graphene. They’ve developed a graphene composite material to help heat surfaces and simplify ice removal.

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