News articles tagged with 'alloys'
Design tool for materials with a memory
— 13 Jul 2009 14:59 | TechnologyShape memory alloys can 'remember' a condition. If they are deformed, a temperature change can be enough to bring them back to their original shape. A simulation calculates the characteristics... — full story
Glass you can build with
— 24 Mar 2009 17:30 | TechnologyThe normal structure of metals is crystalline. Glass, on the other hand, is amorphous. But it's possible to make amorphous forms of metal, metallic glasses, which can be remarkably... — full story
MIT: Solving the mysteries of metallic glass
— 23 Dec 2008 15:24 | TechnologyResearchers at MIT and the National University of Singapore have made significant progress in understanding a class of materials that has resisted analysis for decades. Their findings... — full story
Scientists create titanium-based structural metallic-glass composites
— 20 Dec 2008 12:52 | TechnologyScientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have created a range of structural metallic-glass composites, based in titanium, that are lighter and less expensive... — full story
New insight on superconductors
— 31 Jul 2008 15:20 | TechnologyAn important advance in understanding how the electrons in some materials become superconducting has been made by researchers from UC Davis, the Los Alamos National Laboratory and UC... — full story
Micropositioning using shape memory materials
— 16 May 2008 11:21 | TechnologyA research team from the Department of Electricity and Electronics at the University of the Basque Country's Faculty of Science and Technology in Leioa, led by Victor Etxebarria, is... — full story
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