Tag: Composite Materials
Collaboration yields discovery of 12-sided silica cages
What do you call a materials science discovery that was given a major boost by a lecture from a Nobel laureate in chemistry, used...
Premium Aerotec presents thermoplastic CFRP bulkhead
The aerostructures supplier Premium Aerotec (Augsburg, Germany) has developed and manufactured a major component in the Airbus A320’s primary structure in carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) with...
Making new layered superconductors
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have created new superconductors made of layers of bismuth sulfide (BiS2) and a high-entropy rare earth alloy oxyfluoride, containing...
Polypropylene robots utilize humidity gradient to generate signals
A team of researchers at the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, has developed a type of soft robot that can...
Ultra thin magnetic device leads to new memory technologies
Magnetic materials are the backbone of modern digital information technologies, such as hard-disk storage. A University of Washington-led team has now taken this one...
Elastic biodegradable hydrogel for bioprinting of new tissues
Researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington have developed a highly elastic biodegradable hydrogel for bio-printing of materials that mimic natural human soft...
Promising new material has the right properties
Solar energy is clean and abundant. But when the sun isn't shining, you must store the energy in batteries or through a process called...
GM Uses Generative Design Software to Advance Vehicle Design
General Motors has always been a leader and a pioneer of the auto industry, and that’s no exception when it comes to 3D printing. The...
Medtronic Launches New Titanium 3D Printed Platform
There are many applications for 3D printing in the medical field, from prosthetics and anatomical models to pharmaceuticals and custom surgical guides – the...
Improving 3-D printing of plastic parts
Robots that can build homes, marathoners' running shoes and NASA's upcoming spacecraft all have one thing in common: 3-D printed parts. But as enthusiasm...
