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16/01/2024
Widely used to identify, deduce and quantify compounds, mass spectrometers have found an array of uses. Yet, they’re bulky, heavy and fragile pieces of equipment, limiting where they can be deployed. Now, through the use of 3D printing, researchers have unlocked the potential for creating lightweight, portable mass spectrometers…
14/12/2023
Read any form of news media these days and artificial intelligence (AI) seems to be transforming everything it touches. And it appears that the world of material science is no exception as it has been revealed that a tool powered by Google’s DeepMind AI has achieved “an order-of-magnitude expansion in stable materials known to humanity”.
22/11/2023
A team of researchers involving scientists from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard, the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg in Germany, and Aalto University in Finland, have developed a superhydrophobic surface with a ‘stable plastron’ that can last for months underwater.
09/10/2023
As governments across the world seek to achieve a ‘Net Zero’ future, policymakers are looking at ways in which transport can be decarbonised. Amongst the options being discussed are hydrogen fuel cells. But, what exactly are they? And, do they represent the future of transport? The Lab investigates…
08/08/2023
A team of scientists from MIT and Duke University have discovered a counterintuitive way to make polymers stronger; by introducing weaker bonds into the material.
28/07/2023
A research team from the Sandia National Laboratories and Texas A&M University have - for the first time ever - witnessed pieces of metal crack, and then fuse back together without any human intervention. The observation overturns several fundamental scientific theories.
06/07/2023
A team of researchers from the University of Amsterdam has discovered a way to create a new class of materials that are stiff, but also good at absorbing vibrations - two characteristics which are normally mutually exclusive.
08/06/2023
When it comes to creating a usable steel, the characteristics of strength and flexibility must be balanced. A change in one characteristic, has a concomitant effect on the other characteristic. But, a new treatment developed by Purdue University and Sandia National Labs could potentially make steel stronger and more ductile at the same time.
31/05/2023
Although simply named, The Lab is nothing but simple when it comes to what it offers the marine, energy and manufacturing industries.
Most scientists look for that ‘eureka moment’: the culmination of weeks and months of long hours, hard work and reams of research to reach a satisfying conclusion to a question of the utmost importance.
