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Lining Contains Explosion in Aircraft Luggage Hold
The fabrics have high strength and impact and heat resistance, including Aramid, used in ballistic body armor.
Battery Recharges Directly from Light
Over 100 cycles, the battery retained 70% of its discharge capacity, which suggests potential for longevity and usefulness.
Tougher Ceramics for High Temperature Applications
Research could yield ceramics that can withstand both extreme heat and collisions.
New Alloy Could Offer a 120-Year Nuclear Reactor Pressure Vessel
Parts cast from a 450-tonne ingot and shaped into a weld-less shell.
Oil Price Decline Will Dampen Demand for Oil Field Chemicals, IHS Says
Driven largely by the expansion of shale oil and gas drilling and production in North America, the world market for oil field specialty chemicals at the service company level reached $25 billion in 2014.
Film Prevents Odor from Stinky Foods
Researchers from Stockholm University in Sweden have developed a new packaging solution that neutralizes smelly foods.
Researchers Use 3D Printing to Fabricate Optical Fiber
The process could enable complex structures capable of creating applications in industries that range from biotechnology to aerospace and telecommunications.
Ammonia Production Set to Grow with Food Demand
U.S. production is poised to increase mainly due to the availability of low-cost energy feedstocks.
Plant-Mimicking Technology Could Transform Solar Energy Storage
An advanced technology is capable of storing solar energy for several weeks,that could change solar cell design.
Steel Advancement Could Help Automakers Hit Mileage Standards
“Third-generation” steel could be lighter, easier to make and strong enough to address safety concerns.
Honeycomb Design Could Raise the Bar in Impact Protection
The university-developed material bounces back to its original shape after impact.
Technique Allows Surfaces to Get Smooth or Bumpy on Demand
MIT researchers use a 3D printer and a range of rigid and pliable materials to enable surface textures to be modified.
Owls Inspire Less Noisy Wind Turbine Blades
Researchers built a prototype made of 3D-printed plastic and tested it on a full-sized segment of a wind turbine blade.
Total Petrochemicals to Build Cracker in Texas
Ethane cracker could enter service in 2019.
Composites Made from Scrapped Wind Turbine Blades
Damaged blades, 173 feet in length, were recycled for manufacturing applications.
Floatable Metal Matrix Demonstrated by Research Teams
Composite has potential applications in boat flooring, automobile parts and buoyancy modules as well as in vehicle armor.
Researchers Probe How "Perfect" Materials Can Fail
Ambient temperature may be more of a factor than previously thought, turning atoms to a liquid-like state.
DARPA to Develop Qualification Technologies for 3D Printing
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is building and demonstrating rapid qualification technologies that can capture, analyze and control variability in the additive manufacturing (3D printing) process to predict properties of the finished products.
NASA, Boeing Test Aircraft Wing Coatings to Improve Fuel Efficiency
The U.S. space agency NASA has tested non-stick coatings on aircraft wings to reduce insect residue, which creates additional drag and reduces aircraft fuel efficiency.
Researchers Develop Tough Hydrogel Structures with 3D Printing
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Duke University and Columbia University have created a way to make tough, but soft and wet, biocompatible materials, called “hydrogels” into complex and intricately patterned shapes.