Researchers also note that the new materials devised could be applied to satellites, cars, space suits and shuttles, basically everything that might take an impact. Military armor progressed... Read more
Unique structure of fist-like club of mantis shrimp could transform materials used to create military body armor and vehicle and aircraft frames. Military body armor and vehicle and aircraft... Read more
Using a technique that creates a new nanoscale architecture, researchers have created an aluminum alloy just as strong as steel but with reasonable plasticity to stretch and not break under... Read more
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new way to shape ceramics using a modest electric field, making the process significantly more energy efficient. The process... Read more
Boasts a shell structure unlike anything else seen in nature They say life imitates art, but any scientist knows that the best designs imitate life. Researchers from the MIT Institute... Read more