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Fitter frames: Nanotubes boost structural integrity of composites
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 26, 2009 |
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A new research discovery at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute could lead to tougher, more durable composite frames for aircraft, watercraft, and automobiles.
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Catalyst-free chemistry makes self-healing materials more practical
Nov 27, 2007 |
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A new catalyst-free, self-healing material system developed by researchers at the University of Illinois offers a far less expensive and far more practical way to repair composite materials used in structural applications ...
A Telescope Made of Moondust
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 10, 2008 |
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A gigantic telescope on the Moon has been a dream of astronomers since the dawn of the space age. A lunar telescope the same size as Hubble (2.4 meters across) would be a major astronomical research tool. ...
Study: Facial composite systems don't work
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 13, 2007 |
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U.S. scientists said the use of computer-generated facial composites during criminal investigations don't produce useful images of perpetrators.
New recipe for self-healing plastic includes dash of food additive
Oct 15, 2008 |
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Adding a food additive to damaged polymers can help restore them to full strength, say scientists at the University of Illinois who cooked up the novel, self-healing system.
Lightweight composites to get trimmer and smarter
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Dec 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- CSIRO researchers have set themselves the goal of producing a new generation of super-strong, lightweight polymer composite materials for use in aircraft, road vehicles, trains and ferries.
Self-repairing aircraft could revolutionize aviation safety
May 19, 2008 |
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A new technique that mimics healing processes found in nature could enable damaged aircraft to mend themselves automatically, even during a flight.
'Nanostitching' could strengthen airplane skins, more
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 04, 2009 |
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MIT engineers are using carbon nanotubes only billionths of a meter thick to stitch together aerospace materials in work that could make airplane skins and other products some 10 times stronger at a nominal ...
NASA Scientists Pioneer Method for Making Giant Lunar Telescopes
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 04, 2008 |
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Scientists working at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., have concocted an innovative recipe for giant telescope mirrors on the Moon. To make a mirror that dwarfs anything on Earth, just ...
Sir Richard Branson All Fired Up With Latest Rocket Motor Test
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 31, 2009 |
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Virgin Galactic owned by Sir Richard Branson completed a successful test on May 28, 2009 of its hybrid nitrous oxide motor designed by Scaled Composites and a subcontractor Sierra Nevada Corporation. The ...
Scientists create titanium-based structural metallic-glass composites
Dec 19, 2008 |
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Scientists from the California Institute of Technology have created a range of structural metallic-glass composites, based in titanium, that are lighter and less expensive than any the group had previously ...
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