WWI helmets protect against shock waves just as well as modern designs
French Adrian helmet suggests simple geometry may save brains from overhead blastsCredit: Joost Op 't Eynde, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. ...
Tag: Materials
KIST unveils the mystery of van der Waals magnets, a material for future semiconductors
Overcoming the limits of current magnetic materials, giving hope for development of next-generation semiconductorsCredit: Korea Institute of Science and Technology ...
Dartmouth’s Chenfeng Ke wins Cram Lehn Pedersen Prize
Credit: Photo: Eli Burakian/Dartmouth College HANOVER, N.H. - February 14, 2020 - Chenfeng Ke, an assistant professor of chemistry at ...
Physicist leading upgrade to ATLAS experiment
UTA's Hadavand working to deliver more data over shorter time at Large Hadron ColliderCredit: The University of Texas at Arlington ...
Blood and sweat: Wearable medical sensors will get major sensitivity boost
Credit: Kirill Voronin et al./Sensors Biosensors integrated into smartphones, smart watches, and other gadgets are about to become a reality. ...
From petroleum to wood in the chemical industry: cost-efficient and more sustainable
An interdisciplinary team of bio-engineers and economists from KU Leuven has mapped out how wood could replace petroleum in the ...
NSF recognizes Ganesh Balasubramanian with CAREER award
Lehigh University MechE professor utilizes supercomputing to facilitate the successful manufacture of multi-principal element alloysCredit: Douglas Benedict/Academic Image for Lehigh ...
Electric solid propellant — can it take the heat?
Thermodynamic properties of hydroxylammonium nitrate-based electric solid propellant plasmaCredit: NASA Electric solid propellants are being explored as a safer option ...
Moving precision communication, metrology, quantum applications from lab to chip
Reducing the size and cost of applications within the UV to IR spectrum by moving them to wide bandgap material ...
Mending a broken heart — the bioengineering way
Credit: Dr Gillian Hendy Bioengineers from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, have developed a prototype patch that does the same job ...
Studying electrons, bridging two realms of physics: connecting solids and soft matter
Scientists explain how exotic phenomena involving electrons in certain solid systems are similar to particles in certain liquid systems or ...
Simple N-terminal modification of proteins
Researchers from Osaka University report a straightforward approach to protein modification, providing a new tool for protein engineeringCredit: Osaka University ...
Studying sweat, the small stuff
A team of University of Arizona scientists is developing new methods to collect and analyze sweat for clues about how ...
Graphene forms under microscope’s eye
Graphene forms under microscope's eye Rice, Tennessee labs shrink laser-induced graphene for flexible electronicsCredit: Tour Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (Feb. ...
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