Tag: Advanced Materials
A material with improved mechanical performance in the dark
Inorganic semiconductors such as silicon are indispensable in modern electronics because they possess tunable electrical conductivity between that of a metal and that of...
Building Momentum Trains Marines in 3D Printing
The US Marine Corps is known for innovating on the fly, and Building Momentum, in conjunction with their LulzBot 3D Printers, is helping them...
AREVO created the world’s first true 3D-printed commuter bike
SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AREVO®, the leader in software-controlled additive manufacturing technology, today introduced a new CEO and a $12.5...
3D printer that can create complex biological tissues – UCLA
Device could help advance regenerative medicine
A UCLA bioengineer has developed a technique that uses a specially adapted 3D printer to build therapeutic biomaterials from multiple...
A super green fuel for fuel cells
Researchers from the Laboratory of Organic Electronics at Linköping University have developed a fuel cell that uses lignin, a cheap by-product from paper manufacture...
3D Printed Titanium Implant Helps Man Regain Mobility
Amit Bhanot of India was, in his own words, “a perfectly normal kid who enjoyed bicycling, playing cricket and other sports” until 1991, when...
Simple equation directs creation of clean-energy catalysts
New guidelines laid down by Nebraska and Chinese researchers could steer the design of less costly, more effcient catalysts geared toward revving up the...
Twisting cracks impart superhero toughness to animals
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Super-resilient materials found in the animal kingdom owe their strength and toughness to a design strategy that causes cracks to...
New way to create lithium metal electrodes for batteries
Researchers at Yale and Donghua University in China have developed a new process for creating lithium metal that may boost the energy and capacity...
The photoexcited graphene puzzle solved
Light detection and control lie at the heart of many modern device applications, such as the cameras in phones. Using graphene as a light-sensitive...
