Engineering
LED lights and monitors, and quality solar panels were born of a revolution in semiconductors that efficiently convert energy to light or vice versa. Now, next-generation semiconducting materials are on the horizon, and in ...
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A team of researchers have developed an entirely new class of metamaterials that can nearly instantly respond and stiffen 3-D printed structures when exposed to a magnetic field, a development that could be applied to next-generation ...
Dec 12, 2018
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Advances in materials engineering have led to the development of lightweight structures that are both strong and stiff, which are transforming aerospace, automotive and medical industries. Conventional manufacturing techniques ...
Mar 9, 2018
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Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a lattice structure capable of absorbing a wide range of vibrations while also being useful as a load-bearing component—for example, in propellers, rotors and rockets. It can absorb ...
Jul 29, 2016
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