News articles tagged with 'composite'
MIT engineers devise new way to inspect materials used in airplanes
— 28 Mar 2011 16:17 | TechnologyIn recent years, many airplane manufacturers have started building their planes from advanced composite materials, which consist of high-strength fibres, such as carbon or glass, embedded…
Rice University lab creates self-strengthening nanocomposite
— 28 Mar 2011 16:12 | TechnologyResearchers at Rice University have created a synthetic material that gets stronger from repeated stress much like the body strengthens bones and muscles after repeated workouts…
Scientists achieve breakthrough in nanocomposite for high-capacity hydrogen storage
— 13 Mar 2011 19:13 | TechnologySince the 1970s, hydrogen has been touted as a promising alternative to fossil fuels due to its clean combustion - unlike hydrocarbon-based fuels, which spew greenhouse gases and harmful…
Synthetic materials that behave like mollusc shells
— 3 Feb 2011 18:03 | TechnologyNacre, commonly known as mother-of-pearl, is the iridescent material lining many mollusc shells. It is part of a two-layer armour system that protects the animal from predators. The…
Iowa State, Ames Lab researcher developing bio-based polymers that heal cracks
— 8 Jan 2011 13:42 | TechnologyMichael Kessler has worked with polymers that repair themselves when they crack. And he's worked with polymers made from vegetable oils. Now he's working to combine the two technologies…
NASA's Webb Telescope unique structural 'heart' passes extreme tests
— 29 Sep 2010 16:35 | AstronomyNASA engineers have created a unique engineering marvel called the ISIM structure that recently survived exposure to extreme cryogenic temperatures, proving that the structure will…
Goddard team obtains the 'unobtainium' for NASA's next space observatory
— 29 Sep 2010 16:32 | TechnologyImagine building a car chassis without a blueprint or even a list of recommended construction materials…
Tofu ingredient yields formaldehyde-free glue for plywood and other wood products
— 26 Aug 2010 07:43 | ChemistryIn a real-life 'back to the future' story, scientists today reported that the sustainable, environmentally-friendly process that gave birth to plywood a century ago is re-emerging as…
Implantable silk metamaterials could advance biomedicine, biosensing
— 13 Aug 2010 08:24 | HealthResearchers at the Tufts University School of Engineering and Boston University have fabricated and characterised the first large area metamaterial structures patterned on implantable,…
Depth charge: Using atomic force microscopy to study subsurface structures
— 25 Jun 2010 11:20 | TechnologyOver the past couple of decades, atomic force microscopy (AFM) has emerged as a powerful tool for imaging surfaces at astonishing resolutions - fractions of a nanometre in some cases.…