Conflict reigns over the history and origins of money
Wherever you go, money talks. And it has for a long time.
Sadly, though, money has been mum about its origins. For such a central...
Detecting damages in non-magnetic steel through magnetism
Wear, corrosion, material fatigue—these signs of degradation are common to most materials. This makes it all the more important to detect damage early, preferably...
Grain boundaries reveal how sulfur impurities make nickel brittle
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have shed new light on a scientific mystery regarding the atomic-level mechanism of the sulfur embrittlement...
Researchers show how to directly observe quantum spin effects
With companies like Google, Microsoft and IBM all racing to create the world's first practical quantum computer, scientists worldwide are exploring the potential materials...
Oligomers, the Foundation of Many 3D Printing Materials
Plastic 3D printing relies on light-sensitive materials that are cured or hardened when exposed to light. Whether that’s FDM, SLA, DLP, or other, newer...
3D Printing Helps Prove Sensor Marketability in Low Volume
Fish farming requires farmers to closely monitor water conditions to control rearing operations and yield an ideal harvesting rate. Sensors are increasingly being used...
Trapping faster electronics
Replacing traditional computer chip components with light-based counterparts will eventually make electronic devices faster due to the wide bandwidth of light.
A new protective metamaterial...
3D light painting robot creates stunning imagery
Some will argue that this could easily be done in CGI and they're right. But, there's an artistic and genuine feeling that comes with...
Future electronic components to be printed like newspapers
A new manufacturing technique uses a process similar to newspaper printing to form smoother and more flexible metals for making ultrafast electronic devices.
The low-cost...
Uncovering the interplay between two famous quantum effects
The Casimir force and superconductivity are two well-known quantum effects. These phenomena have been thoroughly studied separately, but what happens when these effects are...
