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Micro honeycomb materials enable new physics in aircraft sound reduction

September 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 21 vote(s) | User comments: 2

Noise from commercial and military jet aircraft causes environmental problems for communities near airports, obliging airplanes to follow often complex noise-abatement procedures on takeoff and landing. It ...


New invention that could change design of future memory storage devices

October 08, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 22 vote(s) | User comments: 1

A research team at Singapore A*STAR's Data Storage Institute (DSI) has invented a new phase change material that has the potential to change the design of future memory storage devices.


The search for 'green' gold in the Amazon rain forest

October 01, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 9 vote(s) | User comments: 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a hunt for plants in the Amazon rain forest that have potential to be used for sustainable light-weight construction beams, electronic cases or other high-performance materials, Cornell ...