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Scientists have had surprising results involving an unusual family of crystalline minerals. Their findings could lay the groundwork for f... 2 comments
Researchers have discovered that spider silk is surprisingly good at transferring heat. Spider silk, in fact, conducts heat as well or be... 2 comments
With new, advanced equipment, scientists have shown that materials to produce micro-and nanocomponents react very differently depending o... 1 comment
When metals are shaped, the materials they are made of are often damaged in the process. One cause of this is excessive press force, whic... 1 comment
In research that gives literal meaning to the term "power suit," engineers have created energy-scavenging nanofibers that could one day b... 1 comment
Using a new mathematical methodology, researchers have created a scientifically rigorous analogy showing the similarities between the phy... 1 comment
At the nano level, researchers have discovered a new way to weld together meshes of tiny wires. Their work could lead to exciting new ele... 1 comment
It's a matchup worthy of a late-night cable movie: put a school of starving piranha and a 300-pound fish together, and who comes out the ... 1 comment
Using a new ultrafast camera, researchers have recorded the first real-time image of two atoms vibrating in a molecule. Key to the experi... 1 comment


