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Compliant systems: Flexible yet strong materials allow aircraft wings to flex with air flow
Researchers once wanted to build aircraft wings based on compliant systems, which would continually change shape in response to the air flow resistance, obviating the need for rigid flap and rudder surfaces. A range of different industries are interested in so-called "smart" systems because they can be used to make low-maintenance (and therefore economic) products such as medical tools and robot gripper arms.
ScienceDaily: Engineering News, Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:28:37 GMT
Insulators made into conductors: Polymers coaxed to line up, transformed into materials that could dissipate heat
Most polymers -- materials made of long, chain-like molecules -- are very good insulators for both heat and electricity. But scientists have now found a way to transform the most widely used polymer, polyethylene, into a material that conducts heat just as well as most metals, yet remains an electrical insulator.
ScienceDaily: Engineering News, Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:28:37 GMT
Synthetic 'sea shells' made from chalk and materials used in disposable coffee cups
Scientists have made synthetic 'sea shells' from a mixture of chalk and polystyrene cups -- and produced a tough new material that could make our homes and offices more durable.
ScienceDaily: Engineering News, Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:28:37 GMT
Packing More into Lithium Batteries

Lithium sulfur promises a longer charge, and safer operation, compared to standard lithium batteries.

Researchers at Stanford University have developed an electrode that can be used to make more energy-dense lithium-sulfur batteries. If issues surrounding life-cycle deterioration can be addressed, the battery could resolve performance and safety issues limiting the spread of longer-lasting batteries in hybrid and electric vehicles.



Technology Review RSS Feeds, Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:28:39 GMT
Researchers characterize stem cell function
(Northwestern University) Northwestern University researchers are the first to fully characterize a special type of stem cell, endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) that exist in circulating blood, to see if they can behave as endothelial cells in the body when cultured on a bioengineered surface.
EurekAlert! - Technology, Engineering and Computer Science, Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:28:40 GMT
Tropical Storm Tomas calls for alerts in south Pacific
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) System 97P was looking pretty impressive on NASA satellite imagery early today, March 11, and by 10 a.m. ET, it strengthened into Tropical Storm Tomas.
EurekAlert! - Technology, Engineering and Computer Science, Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:28:40 GMT
3 FASTSAT instruments pass tests
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) The outer layers of Earth's atmosphere hold many secrets yet to be uncovered and three scientific instruments will fly soon on the FASTSAT-HSV01 satellite and seek to uncover them to benefit us here on Earth. Known as MINI-ME, PISA and TTI, these instruments recently passed a series of important final tests to prove their readiness for spaceflight.
EurekAlert! - Technology, Engineering and Computer Science, Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:28:40 GMT
Proposed mission would return sample from asteroid 'time capsule'
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Meet asteroid 1999 RQ36, a chunk of rock and dust about 1,900 feet in diameter that could tell us how the solar system was born, and perhaps, shed light on how life began. It also might hit us someday.
EurekAlert! - Technology, Engineering and Computer Science, Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:28:40 GMT
UCLA engineers develop faster method to detect bacterial contamination in coastal waters
Engineers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have sped up the process of analyzing bacterial concentrations to under one hour, through the development of a new in-field, rapid-detection method.
Engineering News at iCivilEngineer.com, Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:28:40 GMT
Breaking it Down
After centuries of making materials that can break too easily, scientists are deconstructing nature to uncover new ways of building stronger, more efficient materials.
Engineering News at iCivilEngineer.com, Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:28:40 GMT
Engineering Researcher Part of National Team Investigating Haiti Earthquake
Civil engineering professor and earthquake expert Brady Cox will travel to Haiti Saturday, Jan. 30, as part of a national team of engineers who will study the effects of the massive earthquake that struck the small Caribbean nation on Jan.
Engineering News at iCivilEngineer.com, Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:28:40 GMT
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