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Friday, July 10, 2009

New Approach To Engineering For Extreme Environments

Composite materials such as fiberglass, which take on a mix of properties of their constituent compounds, have been around for decades. Now, a materials scientist ...  > full story

'A Touch Of Glass' In Metal, Settles Century-old Question

Scientists have found evidence of an important similarity between the behavior of polycrystalline materials -- like metals and ceramics -- and glasses, ...  > full story

Concrete Creep Slowed: Work Paves Way For Lightweight, Vastly More Durable Infrastructure

Civil engineers have for the first time identified what causes the most frequently used building material on earth -- concrete -- to ...  > full story

Biomimetic-engineering Design Can Replace Spaghetti Tangle Of Nanotubes In Novel Material

Nanoelectromechanical systems devices have the potential to revolutionize the world of sensors: motion, chemical, etc. But ...  > full story
 

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