Materials Testing News

RSS

Magnesium as Cathode Enhances Performance of Rechargeable Batteries

Rechargeable batteries developed from magnesium, in place of lithium, possess the ability to increase the driving range of the electric vehicle by loading more energy into small-sized batteries. However, unexpected chemical obstacles have decelerated the scientific advancement.

20 Oct 2017

Analyzing Self-Repairing Tendency of Flax Plants for Developing Innovative Materials

Researchers from EPFL’s Laboratory for Processing of Advanced Composites (LPAC) as well as from the Botanical Garden of the University of Freiburg have investigated how the self-repair nature of the flax plant heals upon being damaged.

13 Oct 2017

Engineers Create Programmable “Camouflaging” Material

For the cuttlefish and octopus, rapidly changing their skin pattern and color to vanish into the environment is simply a part of their camouflage ability. These animals can also quickly and reversibly alter their skin into a textured, 3D surface, giving the animal a raggedy outline that resembles coral, seaweed, or other objects it detects and uses for camouflage.

13 Oct 2017

New Study Accelerates Development of Hypersonic Planes with Nanotechnology

A new study by researchers at NASA and Binghamton University, State University of New York, could result in a substantial decrease in flight times.

11 Oct 2017

Research on Predicting Early Fatigue Damage Behavior in Military Vehicles

Researchers from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory have demonstrated the possibility of predicting early fatigue damage behavior in structures via the study of the microscale mechanical behavior of the material.

11 Oct 2017

PUUs Seem to be Propitious for Soldier and Vehicle Protection

A distinctive experimental instrument has been developed by army and MIT scientists to better investigate the durability of robust and high-performance polymeric materials with the ability to self-strengthen when they are subjected to high impact.

11 Oct 2017

New Discovery Could Help in Engineering Stronger and More Ductile Alloyed Materials

In a recent announcement, scientists in the United States and China mentioned about a discovery that they assume could help in the engineering of alloyed materials that are more ductile and stronger and possess superior magnetic, physical and electrical properties.

10 Oct 2017

Intermediate Compounds Govern Properties of Perovskite Layer in Solar Cells

Scientists at the Department of Material Sciences, Lomonosov MSU, have described the manner in which the battery efficiency and structure of created films are influenced when the ratio of components that form light-absorbing layer of a perovskite solar cell is altered. The outcomes of the research have been reported in the Journal of Physical Chemistry C.

6 Oct 2017