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Probing the mysteries of a surprisingly tough hydrogel Physics / Materials March 11, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 20 vote(s) \| No comments yet Some 46 million people suffer from arthritis in the United States alone. The worst cases require painful surgeries to drill holes in and reinforce joints. Now researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and ...

Mystery behind the strongest creature in the world Physics / Materials March 11, 2008 \| User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 27 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 The strongest creature in the world, the Hercules Beetle, has a colour-changing trick that scientists have long sought to understand. Research published today, Tuesday, 11 March, in the New Journal of Physics, details ...

Microneedles Could Replace Syringe Physics / Materials March 10, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 15 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 The common needle phobia and painful injections could soon be a thing of the past, thanks to a revolutionary new drug-delivery technique developed by a team at the Georgia Institute of Technology, US. The ...

From opals to optical chips Physics / Materials March 03, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 18 vote(s) \| No comments yet Materials known as photonic crystals could form the building blocks of future optical computers and micro-scale communications devices. Scientists have developed a low-cost and versatile way to make photonic ...

Steel forges foundation for cheaper solar power Physics / Materials March 03, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 21 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 Steel forged railroads, skyscrapers and the automobile industry. Now it may help solar energy become cheaper and more widely available. In a study scheduled for the March 20 issue of ACS' weekly Journal of Physical Chemistry ...

New Method for Creating Tough Metallic Glass Composites Physics / Materials February 28, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 62 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have developed a new strategy for creating "liquid metal" that makes it able to bend significantly without breaking, while retaining a strength twice that of titanium. ...

New electrodes may provide safer, more powerful lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries Physics / Materials February 25, 2008 \| User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 20 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 Researchers in Spain and the United Kingdom are reporting development of a new electrode material that could ease concerns about the safety of those unbiquitous lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries, while giving Li-ion batteries ...

Directed self-ordering of organic molecules for electronic devices Physics / Materials February 19, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 18 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 A simple surface treatment technique demonstrated by a collaboration between researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Penn State and the University of Kentucky potentially offers ...

New aluminum-rich alloy produces hydrogen on-demand for large-scale uses Physics / Materials February 19, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 100 vote(s) \| User comments: 6 Purdue University engineers have developed a new aluminum-rich alloy that produces hydrogen by splitting water and is economically competitive with conventional fuels for transportation and power generation.

Novel organic metal hybrids that will revolutionize materials science and chemical engineering Physics / Materials February 18, 2008 \| User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 24 vote(s) \| No comments yet A novel class of hybrid materials made from metals and organic compounds is changing the face of solid state chemistry and materials science just 10 years after its discovery, with applications already in safe storage of ...

You can't teach old materials new tricks Physics / Materials February 16, 2008 \| User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet A more sensitive, more selective and easily deployable radiation detection material is necessary to meet complex 21st century challenges. In the AAAS symposium “Radiation Detectors for Global Security: The ...

NASA Know-How Helps Athletes Rocket Through Water Physics / Materials February 12, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 When a swimsuit manufacturer wanted to create a better fabric for competitive swimmers, it sought out some unlikely experts -- aerospace engineers at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton.

Why anyone can make a sandcastle Physics / Materials February 11, 2008 \| User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| User comments: 4 Anyone trying to build sandcastles on the beach will need some degree of skill and imagination, but not an instruction manual. The water content is actually relatively unimportant to the mechanical properties ...

How crystal becomes a conductor Physics / Materials February 05, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 22 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Squeeze a crystal of manganese oxide hard enough, and it changes from an electrical insulator to a conductive metal. In a report published online this week by the journal Nature Materials, researchers use computational ...

Materials can come from the mind, not just the mines Physics / Materials February 04, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 21 vote(s) \| No comments yet Dr. Julia E. Medvedeva, assistant professor of physics at Missouri University of Science and Technology, believes materials can come from the mind, not just the mines.

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Probing the mysteries of a surprisingly tough hydrogel Physics / Materials March 11, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 20 vote(s) \| No comments yet Some 46 million people suffer from arthritis in the United States alone. The worst cases require painful surgeries to drill holes in and reinforce joints. Now researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and ...

Mystery behind the strongest creature in the world Physics / Materials March 11, 2008 \| User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 27 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 The strongest creature in the world, the Hercules Beetle, has a colour-changing trick that scientists have long sought to understand. Research published today, Tuesday, 11 March, in the New Journal of Physics, details ...

Microneedles Could Replace Syringe Physics / Materials March 10, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 15 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 The common needle phobia and painful injections could soon be a thing of the past, thanks to a revolutionary new drug-delivery technique developed by a team at the Georgia Institute of Technology, US. The ...

From opals to optical chips Physics / Materials March 03, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 18 vote(s) \| No comments yet Materials known as photonic crystals could form the building blocks of future optical computers and micro-scale communications devices. Scientists have developed a low-cost and versatile way to make photonic ...

Steel forges foundation for cheaper solar power Physics / Materials March 03, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 21 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 Steel forged railroads, skyscrapers and the automobile industry. Now it may help solar energy become cheaper and more widely available. In a study scheduled for the March 20 issue of ACS' weekly Journal of Physical Chemistry ...

New Method for Creating Tough Metallic Glass Composites Physics / Materials February 28, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 62 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have developed a new strategy for creating "liquid metal" that makes it able to bend significantly without breaking, while retaining a strength twice that of titanium. ...

New electrodes may provide safer, more powerful lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries Physics / Materials February 25, 2008 \| User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 20 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 Researchers in Spain and the United Kingdom are reporting development of a new electrode material that could ease concerns about the safety of those unbiquitous lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries, while giving Li-ion batteries ...

Directed self-ordering of organic molecules for electronic devices Physics / Materials February 19, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 18 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 A simple surface treatment technique demonstrated by a collaboration between researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Penn State and the University of Kentucky potentially offers ...

New aluminum-rich alloy produces hydrogen on-demand for large-scale uses Physics / Materials February 19, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 100 vote(s) \| User comments: 6 Purdue University engineers have developed a new aluminum-rich alloy that produces hydrogen by splitting water and is economically competitive with conventional fuels for transportation and power generation.

Novel organic metal hybrids that will revolutionize materials science and chemical engineering Physics / Materials February 18, 2008 \| User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 24 vote(s) \| No comments yet A novel class of hybrid materials made from metals and organic compounds is changing the face of solid state chemistry and materials science just 10 years after its discovery, with applications already in safe storage of ...

You can't teach old materials new tricks Physics / Materials February 16, 2008 \| User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet A more sensitive, more selective and easily deployable radiation detection material is necessary to meet complex 21st century challenges. In the AAAS symposium “Radiation Detectors for Global Security: The ...

NASA Know-How Helps Athletes Rocket Through Water Physics / Materials February 12, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 When a swimsuit manufacturer wanted to create a better fabric for competitive swimmers, it sought out some unlikely experts -- aerospace engineers at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton.

Why anyone can make a sandcastle Physics / Materials February 11, 2008 \| User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| User comments: 4 Anyone trying to build sandcastles on the beach will need some degree of skill and imagination, but not an instruction manual. The water content is actually relatively unimportant to the mechanical properties ...

How crystal becomes a conductor Physics / Materials February 05, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 22 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Squeeze a crystal of manganese oxide hard enough, and it changes from an electrical insulator to a conductive metal. In a report published online this week by the journal Nature Materials, researchers use computational ...

Materials can come from the mind, not just the mines Physics / Materials February 04, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 21 vote(s) \| No comments yet Dr. Julia E. Medvedeva, assistant professor of physics at Missouri University of Science and Technology, believes materials can come from the mind, not just the mines.

Probing the mysteries of a surprisingly tough hydrogel

Mystery behind the strongest creature in the world

Microneedles Could Replace Syringe

From opals to optical chips

Steel forges foundation for cheaper solar power

New Method for Creating Tough Metallic Glass Composites

New electrodes may provide safer, more powerful lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries

Directed self-ordering of organic molecules for electronic devices

New aluminum-rich alloy produces hydrogen on-demand for large-scale uses

Novel organic metal hybrids that will revolutionize materials science and chemical engineering

You can't teach old materials new tricks

NASA Know-How Helps Athletes Rocket Through Water

Why anyone can make a sandcastle

How crystal becomes a conductor

Materials can come from the mind, not just the mines

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