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'Fuzzy' fibers can take rockets' heat

To stand up to the heat and pressure of next-generation rocket engines, the composite fibers used to make them should be fuzzy. The Rice...

Apr 3, 20173 min read

Common sense might dictate that for an object to move from one point to another, it must go through all the points on the path. "Imagine...

Mar 17, 20173 min read

Europium silicide has for some time attracted the attention of scientists. Recognized as being promising for electronics and spintronics,...

Mar 9, 20175 min read

The most complex crystal designed and built from nanoparticles has been reported by researchers at Northwestern University and the...

Mar 3, 20174 min read

Ionotronic devices rely on charge effects based on ions, instead of electrons or in addition to electrons. These devices open new...

Feb 27, 20172 min read

Inspired by the hair of blue tarantulas, researchers from The University of Akron lead a team that made a structural-colored material...

Feb 9, 20172 min read