In the not-so-distant future, plastics could be more durable and rubbers could be more … well … rubbery thanks to a novel new approach to polymer synthesis…
Passengers check in their suitcases, which are automatically transported away by conveyer belts; moving walkways and escalators run for hours without a break –…
Polymer matrix composites are currently used in many structural applications that require a significant reduction in weight for energy and/or environmental…
Two novel testing facilities for materials research will be provided to the Technical University of Braunschweig and Hamburg University of Technology by the…
“Since we discovered this technique, we have been trying to get the word out to the nanoscience and nanotechnology research community,” said professor and head…
By so doing, the company has made a timely response to new legislation, which will suspend the market availability of virgin HCFC refrigerants for service…
ITER is a multibillion-dollar international research and development project to demonstrate the scientific and technological feasibility of fusion power and to…
Such molecules offer almost limitless scope for design of bespoke compounds for specific applications in disease therapy, for novel materials such as resins,…
Smart fabrics promise to revolutionise clothing by incorporating sensors into cloth for health, lifestyle and business applications. In the long term, they…
Fire fighters, paramedics and rescue workers could soon carry a new weapon into the danger zones with European researchers completing work on smart clothing…
Clothes that monitor your heart, measure the chemical composition of your body fluids or keep track of you and your local environment promise to revolutionise…
The repair process, in which solvent-filled microcapsules embedded in an epoxy matrix rupture when a crack forms, is a major improvement over the original…
We are in one of SINTEFs laboratory basins. The demonstration of the helicopter survival suit only takes a few minutes. The test person crawls out of the pool…
The Laboratory will focus its efforts on the development of new materials to serve as the successors to silicon in the semiconductor industry. Specifically,…
The results were published in the early online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.Yan specializes in a fast-growing field within…
In spring 2004, ESA’s Technology Transfer Programme (TTP) technology broker MST Aerospace met with Wojtek Czyz and his trainer to perform a pre-screening of…
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