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Video: 3-D-printed prosthetic made for band student
Despite an accident that left her without her left hand, a 16-year-old Michigan girl is following her dream of playing the trumpet with the help of a 3-D-printed prosthetic device. Stacia Mullaney of WWMT reports.
Despite an accident that left her without her left hand, a 16-year-old Michigan girl is following her dream of playing the trumpet with the help of a 3-D-printed prosthetic device. Stacia Mullaney of WWMT reports.
Materials Science
Source: CBSNews
Posted on: Thursday, Sep 26, 2013, 8:18am
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Source: CBSNews
Posted on: Thursday, Sep 26, 2013, 8:18am
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Synthetic Spider Silk Capsules Assemble Themselves
In addition to snaring dinner and protecting spider babies, spider silk makes a pretty good shield for bioreactive enzymes. Even when it’s not made by the spiders themselves. Turns out, self-assembling spider silk capsules, crafted by colonies of bacteria, are ...
In addition to snaring dinner and protecting spider babies, spider silk makes a pretty good shield for bioreactive enzymes. Even when it’s not made by the spiders themselves. Turns out, self-assembling spider silk capsules, crafted by colonies of bacteria, are ...
Materials Science
Source: Wired
Posted on: Monday, Sep 23, 2013, 10:02am
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Source: Wired
Posted on: Monday, Sep 23, 2013, 10:02am
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First self-healing polymer created in Spanish lab
Two halves of an object are able to fuse back together even after being sliced with razor blade
Two halves of an object are able to fuse back together even after being sliced with razor blade
Materials Science
Source: CBSNews
Posted on: Wednesday, Sep 18, 2013, 7:46am
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Source: CBSNews
Posted on: Wednesday, Sep 18, 2013, 7:46am
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Cactus helps solve prickly problem
Arrays of tiny spikes can clean oil from water, mimicking the way cacti pull water from air.
Arrays of tiny spikes can clean oil from water, mimicking the way cacti pull water from air.
Materials Science
Source: BBC News
Posted on: Wednesday, Aug 07, 2013, 8:26am
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Source: BBC News
Posted on: Wednesday, Aug 07, 2013, 8:26am
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Shapeshifting Crystal Expands Under Pressure
A new translucent crystal, made from gold, zinc, and cyanide, does something very few materials do: Instead of shrinking under pressure, it expands.
A new translucent crystal, made from gold, zinc, and cyanide, does something very few materials do: Instead of shrinking under pressure, it expands.
Materials Science
Source: Wired
Posted on: Tuesday, Jul 23, 2013, 8:43am
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Source: Wired
Posted on: Tuesday, Jul 23, 2013, 8:43am
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The Ultimate Flat Screen TV
Flexible polymer could lead to electronics as thin as a piece of paper
Flexible polymer could lead to electronics as thin as a piece of paper
Materials Science
Source: Science
Posted on: Monday, Jul 22, 2013, 9:22am
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Source: Science
Posted on: Monday, Jul 22, 2013, 9:22am
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Nanoparticles could power 'electronic skin' in the future
A new development in nanotechnology may enable "electronic skin" for robots and prosthetic limbs, offering sensitivity not just to pressure, but to humidity and temperature — and it's even flexible.
A new development in nanotechnology may enable "electronic skin" for robots and prosthetic limbs, offering sensitivity not just to pressure, but to humidity and temperature — and it's even flexible.
Materials Science
Source: NBCnews
Posted on: Thursday, Jul 11, 2013, 8:26am
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Source: NBCnews
Posted on: Thursday, Jul 11, 2013, 8:26am
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Redesigned Window Stops Sound But Not Air, Say Materials Scientists
By exploiting some exotic acoustic techniques, researchers have built a window that allows the passage of air but not sound
By exploiting some exotic acoustic techniques, researchers have built a window that allows the passage of air but not sound
Materials Science
Source: Technology Review
Posted on: Monday, Jul 08, 2013, 8:23am
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Source: Technology Review
Posted on: Monday, Jul 08, 2013, 8:23am
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Hypersensitive Wires Feel the (Electromagnetic) Force
Chains of molecules show unparalleled ability to detect magnetic fields
Chains of molecules show unparalleled ability to detect magnetic fields
Materials Science
Source: Science
Posted on: Friday, Jul 05, 2013, 8:04am
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Source: Science
Posted on: Friday, Jul 05, 2013, 8:04am
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Is nanotechnology safe? It all depends on your perspective | Kostas Kostarelos
A nanomaterial that is 'unsafe' from an environmental standpoint may be a safe, essential tool for oncologists or neurosurgeons
A nanomaterial that is 'unsafe' from an environmental standpoint may be a safe, essential tool for oncologists or neurosurgeons
Materials Science
Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Wednesday, Jul 03, 2013, 8:07am
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Source: TheGuardian
Posted on: Wednesday, Jul 03, 2013, 8:07am
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Startup Uses Novel Materials Based on Plasmonic Effects
An early-stage company aims to commercialize new optical materials for denser data storage and better cancer treatments.
An early-stage company aims to commercialize new optical materials for denser data storage and better cancer treatments.
Materials Science
Source: Technology Review
Posted on: Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013, 9:14am
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Source: Technology Review
Posted on: Tuesday, Jul 02, 2013, 9:14am
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Scientists make wire of carbon, may sometime rival copper
Scientists have made a strong, lightweight wire from carbon that might eventually be a rival to copper if its ability to conduct electricity can be improved, Cambridge University said on Thursday.
Scientists have made a strong, lightweight wire from carbon that might eventually be a rival to copper if its ability to conduct electricity can be improved, Cambridge University said on Thursday.
Materials Science
Source: Reuters
Posted on: Thursday, Jun 27, 2013, 8:51am
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Source: Reuters
Posted on: Thursday, Jun 27, 2013, 8:51am
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Mushrooms are the new styrofoam
Eben Bayer's company makes packaging from agricultural waste and the mycelium of mushrooms – he says the next step is to make building materials this way
Eben Bayer's company makes packaging from agricultural waste and the mycelium of mushrooms – he says the next step is to make building materials this way
Materials Science
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Monday, Jun 17, 2013, 8:12am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Monday, Jun 17, 2013, 8:12am
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Ultra elevator takes you higher with carbon-fibre tape
Elevators can now carry people to the top of a kilometre-high skyscraper in a single run thanks to UltraRope, a super-light carbon-fibre hoisting cable
Elevators can now carry people to the top of a kilometre-high skyscraper in a single run thanks to UltraRope, a super-light carbon-fibre hoisting cable
Materials Science
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013, 8:14am
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013, 8:14am
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Corning’s Gorilla Glass Is Coming to Cars Next
The strong glass that is used in 1.5 billion consumer electronic devices worldwide could soon help make more fuel-efficient, quieter cars.
The strong glass that is used in 1.5 billion consumer electronic devices worldwide could soon help make more fuel-efficient, quieter cars.
Materials Science
Source: Technology Review
Posted on: Tuesday, Jun 11, 2013, 9:03am
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Source: Technology Review
Posted on: Tuesday, Jun 11, 2013, 9:03am
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MIT's Magic Bag Of Sand
What can you do with beach sand? Build a sand castle. Dig a canal. Make a snake. What can you do with MIT's "smart" sand? One day, you will turn it into a hammer, fork, chair, anything you want. And when you're done? Poof! It's sand again.
What can you do with beach sand? Build a sand castle. Dig a canal. Make a snake. What can you do with MIT's "smart" sand? One day, you will turn it into a hammer, fork, chair, anything you want. And when you're done? Poof! It's sand again.
Materials Science
Source: NPR
Posted on: Thursday, Jun 06, 2013, 8:52am
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Source: NPR
Posted on: Thursday, Jun 06, 2013, 8:52am
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Soft matter offers new ways to study how ordered materials arrange themselves 
A fried breakfast food popular in Spain provided the inspiration for the development of doughnut-shaped droplets that may provide scientists with a new approach for studying fundamental issues in physics, mathematics and materials.
A fried breakfast food popular in Spain provided the inspiration for the development of doughnut-shaped droplets that may provide scientists with a new approach for studying fundamental issues in physics, mathematics and materials.
Materials Science
Source: Georgia Institute of Technology
Posted on: Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 8:45am
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Source: Georgia Institute of Technology
Posted on: Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 8:45am
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Advance in nanotech gene sequencing technique
The allure of personalized medicine has made new, more efficient ways of sequencing genes a top research priority. One promising technique involves reading DNA bases using changes in electrical current as they are threaded through a nanoscopic hole.
The allure of personalized medicine has made new, more efficient ways of sequencing genes a top research priority. One promising technique involves reading DNA bases using changes in electrical current as they are threaded through a nanoscopic hole.
Materials Science
Source: University of Pennsylvania
Posted on: Tuesday, May 21, 2013, 12:30pm
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Source: University of Pennsylvania
Posted on: Tuesday, May 21, 2013, 12:30pm
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Video: Engineers create on-wetting fabric drains sweat
Waterproof fabrics that whisk away sweat could be the latest application of microfluidic technology developed by bioengineers at the University of California, Davis.
Waterproof fabrics that whisk away sweat could be the latest application of microfluidic technology developed by bioengineers at the University of California, Davis.
Materials Science
Source: University of California - Davis
Posted on: Tuesday, May 21, 2013, 12:00pm
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Source: University of California - Davis
Posted on: Tuesday, May 21, 2013, 12:00pm
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Iron-platinum alloys could be new-generation hard drives
Meeting the demand for more data storage in smaller volumes means using materials made up of ever-smaller magnets, or nanomagnets. One promising material for a potential new generation of recording media is an alloy of iron and platinum with an ordered crystal structure. Researchers led by Professor Kai Liu and graduate student Dustin Gilbert at the University of California, Davis, have now found
Meeting the demand for more data storage in smaller volumes means using materials made up of ever-smaller magnets, or nanomagnets. One promising material for a potential new generation of recording media is an alloy of iron and platinum with an ordered crystal structure. Researchers led by Professor Kai Liu and graduate student Dustin Gilbert at the University of California, Davis, have now found
Materials Science
Source: University of California - Davis
Posted on: Tuesday, May 21, 2013, 11:45am
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Source: University of California - Davis
Posted on: Tuesday, May 21, 2013, 11:45am
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Opening doors to foldable electronics with inkjet-printed graphene
Imagine a bendable tablet computer or an electronic newspaper that could fold to fit in a pocket.
Imagine a bendable tablet computer or an electronic newspaper that could fold to fit in a pocket.
Materials Science
Source: Northwestern University
Posted on: Tuesday, May 21, 2013, 10:45am
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Source: Northwestern University
Posted on: Tuesday, May 21, 2013, 10:45am
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Kinks and curves at the nanoscale
One of the basic principles of nanotechnology is that when you make things extremely small—one nanometer is about five atoms wide, 100,000 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair—they are going to become more perfect.
One of the basic principles of nanotechnology is that when you make things extremely small—one nanometer is about five atoms wide, 100,000 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair—they are going to become more perfect.
Materials Science
Source: University of Vermont
Posted on: Monday, May 20, 2013, 10:45am
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Source: University of Vermont
Posted on: Monday, May 20, 2013, 10:45am
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Nanotechnology could help fight diabetes
Injectable nanoparticles developed at MIT may someday eliminate the need for patients with Type 1 diabetes to constantly monitor their blood-sugar levels and inject themselves with insulin.
Injectable nanoparticles developed at MIT may someday eliminate the need for patients with Type 1 diabetes to constantly monitor their blood-sugar levels and inject themselves with insulin.
Materials Science
Source: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Posted on: Friday, May 17, 2013, 4:15pm
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Source: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Posted on: Friday, May 17, 2013, 4:15pm
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Moth-inspired nanostructures take the color out of thin films
Inspired by the structure of moth eyes, researchers at North Carolina State University have developed nanostructures that limit reflection at the interfaces where two thin films meet, suppressing the "thin-film interference" phenomenon commonly observed in nature. This can potentially improve the efficiency of thin-film solar cells and other optoelectronic devices.
Inspired by the structure of moth eyes, researchers at North Carolina State University have developed nanostructures that limit reflection at the interfaces where two thin films meet, suppressing the "thin-film interference" phenomenon commonly observed in nature. This can potentially improve the efficiency of thin-film solar cells and other optoelectronic devices.
Materials Science
Source: North Carolina State University
Posted on: Friday, May 17, 2013, 1:30pm
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Source: North Carolina State University
Posted on: Friday, May 17, 2013, 1:30pm
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Engineers monitor heart health using paper-thin flexible 'skin'
Most of us don't ponder our pulses outside of the gym. But doctors use the human pulse as a diagnostic tool to monitor heart health.
Most of us don't ponder our pulses outside of the gym. But doctors use the human pulse as a diagnostic tool to monitor heart health.
Materials Science
Source: Stanford University
Posted on: Friday, May 17, 2013, 8:30am
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Source: Stanford University
Posted on: Friday, May 17, 2013, 8:30am
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Using clay to grow bone
In new research published online May 13, 2013 in Advanced Materials, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) are the first to report that synthetic silicate nanoplatelets (also known as layered clay) can induce stem cells to become bone cells without the need of additional bone-inducing factors. Synthetic silicates are made up of simple or complex salts of silicic a
In new research published online May 13, 2013 in Advanced Materials, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) are the first to report that synthetic silicate nanoplatelets (also known as layered clay) can induce stem cells to become bone cells without the need of additional bone-inducing factors. Synthetic silicates are made up of simple or complex salts of silicic a
Materials Science
Source: Brigham and Women's Hospital
Posted on: Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 12:30pm
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Source: Brigham and Women's Hospital
Posted on: Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 12:30pm
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A giant leap to commercialization of polymer solar cell
A polymer solar cell is a type of thin film solar cells made with polymers that produce electricity from sunlight by the photovoltaic effect. Most current commercial solar cells are made from a highly purified silicon crystal. The high cost of these silicon solar cells and their complex production process has generated interest in developing alternative photovoltaic technologies.
A polymer solar cell is a type of thin film solar cells made with polymers that produce electricity from sunlight by the photovoltaic effect. Most current commercial solar cells are made from a highly purified silicon crystal. The high cost of these silicon solar cells and their complex production process has generated interest in developing alternative photovoltaic technologies.
Materials Science
Source: Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology(UNIST)
Posted on: Tuesday, May 07, 2013, 2:00pm
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Source: Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology(UNIST)
Posted on: Tuesday, May 07, 2013, 2:00pm
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Video: Team develops in vivo flexible large scale integrated circuits
A team led by Professor Keon Jae Lee from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at KAIST has developed in vivo silicon-based flexible large scale integrated circuits (LSI) for bio-medical wireless communication.
A team led by Professor Keon Jae Lee from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at KAIST has developed in vivo silicon-based flexible large scale integrated circuits (LSI) for bio-medical wireless communication.
Materials Science
Source: The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Posted on: Tuesday, May 07, 2013, 1:30pm
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Source: The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Posted on: Tuesday, May 07, 2013, 1:30pm
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Engineers manipulate a buckyball by inserting a single water molecule
Columbia Engineering researchers have developed a technique to isolate a single water molecule inside a buckyball, or C60, and to drive motion of the so-called "big" nonpolar ball through the encapsulated "small" polar H2O molecule, a controlling transport mechanism in a nanochannel under an external electric field. They expect this method will lead to an array of new appl
Columbia Engineering researchers have developed a technique to isolate a single water molecule inside a buckyball, or C60, and to drive motion of the so-called "big" nonpolar ball through the encapsulated "small" polar H2O molecule, a controlling transport mechanism in a nanochannel under an external electric field. They expect this method will lead to an array of new appl
Materials Science
Source: Columbia University
Posted on: Tuesday, May 07, 2013, 1:00pm
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Source: Columbia University
Posted on: Tuesday, May 07, 2013, 1:00pm
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Microwave oven cooks up solar cell material
University of Utah metallurgists used an old microwave oven to produce a nanocrystal semiconductor rapidly using cheap, abundant and less toxic metals than other semiconductors. They hope it will be used for more efficient photovoltaic solar cells and LED lights, biological sensors and systems to convert waste heat to electricity.
University of Utah metallurgists used an old microwave oven to produce a nanocrystal semiconductor rapidly using cheap, abundant and less toxic metals than other semiconductors. They hope it will be used for more efficient photovoltaic solar cells and LED lights, biological sensors and systems to convert waste heat to electricity.
Materials Science
Source: University of Utah
Posted on: Tuesday, May 07, 2013, 10:00am
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Source: University of Utah
Posted on: Tuesday, May 07, 2013, 10:00am
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