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Blast mitigation expert helps create materials resistant to explosions
Apr 23, 2009 |
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The first few microseconds after an explosion are the most important moments for Arun Shukla, because that's when the first hint of damage occurs to nearby structures. As one of the world's leaders in the field of fracture ...
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Flying by the skin of our teeth
Aug 19, 2009 |
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It's been a mystery: how can our teeth withstand such an enormous amount of pressure, over many years, when tooth enamel is only about as strong as glass? A new study by Prof. Herzl Chai of Tel Aviv University's School of ...
Ion-Mask Technology Could Make Waterproof Gadgets Widespread
Jan 02, 2008 |
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Using technology developed by the British Defense Department to repel chemicals from soldiers' uniforms, a spin-off company called P2i is fabricating waterproof cell phones and other gadgets. Because the so-called ...
'Self-healing' house in Greece will dare to defy nature
Apr 02, 2007 |
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A high-tech villa designed to resist earthquakes by ‘self-healing’ cracks in its own walls and monitoring vibrations through an intelligent sensor network will be built on a Greek mountainside.
Job-Related Stress: NIST Demonstrates Fatigue Effects in Silicon
Nov 27, 2007 |
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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have demonstrated a mechanical fatigue process that eventually leads to cracks and breakdown in bulk silicon crystals—a phenomenon that’s particularly ...
Self-healing concrete for safer, more durable infrastructure (w/Video)
Apr 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A concrete material developed at the University of Michigan can heal itself when it cracks. No human intervention is necessary--just water and carbon dioxide.
Scientists discover 356 animal inclusions trapped in 100 million years old opaque amber
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Apr 01, 2008 |
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Paleontologists from the University of Rennes (France) and the ESRF have found the presence of 356 animal inclusions in completely opaque amber from mid-Cretaceous sites of Charentes (France). The team used the X-rays of ...
Full-time sensors can detect bridge defects
Aug 07, 2007 |
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Networks of small, permanently mounted sensors could soon check continuously for the formation of structural defects in I-beams and other critical structural supports of bridges and highway overpasses, giving ...
Scientists explain intriguing phenomenon on Saturn's moon
Feb 22, 2008 |
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An enormous plume of dust and water spurts violently into space from the south pole of Enceladus, Saturn's sixth-largest moon. This raging eruption has intrigued scientists ever since the Cassini spacecraft ...
Revolutionizing the diagnosis of serious disease
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Jun 02, 2009 |
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Revolutionary ultrasonic nanotechnology that could allow scientists to see inside a patient's individual cells to help diagnose serious illnesses is being developed by researchers at The University of Nottingham.
International team cracks mammalian gene control code
Apr 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An international consortium of scientists, including researchers from The University of Queensland (UQ), have probed further into the human genome than ever before.
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