News tagged with composite
Invisibility visualized: German team unveils new software for rendering cloaked objects
Nov 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists and curiosity seekers who want to know what a partially or completely cloaked object would look like in real life can now get their wish -- virtually. A team of researchers at the ...
Hybrid composite for root canal treatment
Nov 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A dentist carrying out root canal treatment will need to use a variety of compounds. These do not always bond together properly and sometimes expensive follow-up treatment has to be performed. ...
A long night falls over Saturn's rings
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 24, 2009 |
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As Saturn's rings orbit the planet, a section is typically in the planet's shadow, experiencing a brief night lasting from 6 to 14 hours. However, once approximately every 15 years, night falls over the entire ...
High tech for bicycles
Oct 21, 2009 |
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Carbon fiber composite materials (CFRPs) not only make cars and airplanes lightweight but also benefit the light weight constructions for valuable bicycle concepts. At the Composites Europe trade show in Stuttgart, ...
Is Wall Street warming to Yahoo's Microsoft pact?
Oct 07, 2009 |
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When Yahoo Inc. unveiled the details of its anticipated search and advertising partnership with Microsoft Corp. in late July, the reaction from Wall Street mostly ranged from skeptical to disappointed.
Carbon copying the 'Stradivarius' sound
Sep 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It's every violinmaker's dream to produce an instrument to rival the sound of a Stradivarius but now researchers at The University of Nottingham are trying to do just that… using acoustic physics and carbon ...
MU engineers develop safer, blast-resistant glass (w/ Video)
Sep 10, 2009 |
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To protect from potential terrorist attacks, federal buildings and other critical infrastructures are made with special windows that contain blast-resistant glass. However, the glass is thick and expensive. Currently, University ...
Yahoo investors unimpressed with Microsoft deal
Aug 30, 2009 |
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An Internet search and advertising partnership that Yahoo Inc. struck with Microsoft Corp. last month has so far failed to inspire the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company's investors.
Measuring the Speed of Light in Composite Materials
Aug 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Although the speed of light is constant in a vacuum, light slows down a small amount when traveling through other materials. While it's relatively easy to measure the speed of light in mediums ...
Mars Dust Devil Has Colorful Effect in Image Series
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have combined a trio of shots taken seconds apart through different colored filters to create a special-effects portrait of a moving dust devil on Mars.
Researchers enlist DNA to bring carbon nanotubes' promise closer to reality
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 08, 2009 |
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A team of researchers from DuPont and Lehigh University has reported a breakthrough in the quest to produce carbon nanotubes (CNTs) that are suitable for use in electronics, medicine and other applications.
Nanotechnology may increase longevity of dental fillings
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 01, 2009 |
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Tooth-colored fillings may be more attractive than silver ones, but the bonds between the white filling and the tooth quickly age and degrade. A Medical College of Georgia researcher hopes a new nanotechnology ...
Composites for energy
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Advanced composite materials are playing a vital role in improved design and reduced operating costs for renewable energy technologies. Research presented today will highlight how wind, marine and solar power could address ...
Nanoparticle Scattering Improves Laser Performance
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- “Light scattering” and “optical performance” are two concepts that usually head in opposite directions, but they have recently been shown to walk happily hand-in-hand. The results are impressive ...
Carbon nanotube polymer nanocomposites for field emission cathodes
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Apr 09, 2009 |
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A collaboration between researchers at the University of Surrey’s Advanced Technology Institute (ATI) and the School of Physics at Trinity College Dublin have discovered that you can produce a composite of carbon nanotubes ...
