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Laminated composite materials have been used in structural applications since the 1960s.

Part of the momentum map of Bi2212 derived from ultrafast laser ARPES shows that after initial excitation by a pump probe, how fast quasiparticles recombine into Cooper pairs greatly depends... Superconductivity, in which electric current flows without resistance, promises huge energy savings - from low-voltage electric grids with no transmission ... (more)

PROVIDENCE, R.I. The NanoSteel Company, a leader in nano-structured steel materials design, today announced that Herbert Fastert and Peter Southwick have joined the company's board of advisors.

Sandia National Laboratories materials science researcher Steve Dai has come up with a unique approach to creating materials whose properties won't degenerate with temperature swings.

Umicore S.A Broekstraat 31 Rue du Marais B-1000 Brussels BELGIUM Tel.: +32-2-227 71 11 Fax: 32-2-227 79 00 E-mail: info@umicore.com Umicore is a global materials technology group.

It is becoming increasingly clear that the two-dimensional layout of devices on computer chips hinders the development of high-performance computer systems.

Computational Materials Science , Vol. 6, No. 1. , pp. 15-50, doi:10.1016/0927-0256 00008-0 We present a detailed description and comparison of algorithms for performing ab-initio quantum-mechanical calculations using pseudopotentials and a plane-wave basis set.

What makes a piece of armor effective? Sure, it needs to be strong, and it should be lightweight.

Bourque Industries today announced that the Company has signed a major distribution contract with Virginia-based FORTIS US.

It may not be intuitive, but a coating of reflective metal can actually make something less visible, engineers at Stanford and UPenn have shown.

Smart Materials and Structures , Vol. 9, No. 6. , 953, doi:10.1088/0964-1726/9/6/327 The technology referred to by the terms `microelectromechanical systems' , `interdigital transducers' , and `smart systems' is a multidisciplinary one which has generated a great deal of interest in the chemical, mechanical, electrical engineering, medical, ... (more)

An image showing light scattering from a silicon nanowire running diagonally from bottom left to top right.

An important phase in the construction of the new A 41 million home for the University of Cambridge Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy has been reached.

Joshua Zide , assistant professor of materials science and engineering, at work in the laboratory with Pernell Dongmo, a doctoral candidate in the College of Engineering.

Materials science company Cookson became the latest company to see a substantial proportion of shareholders vote against the executive pay package at its annual general meeting .

Umicore S.A Broekstraat 31 Rue du Marais B-1000 Brussels BELGIUM Tel.: +32-2-227 71 11 Fax: 32-2-227 79 00 E-mail: info@umicore.com Umicore is a global materials technology group.

It is becoming increasingly clear that the two-dimensional layout of devices on computer chips hinders the development of high-performance computer systems.

Laminated composite materials have been used in structural applications since the 1960s.

Drawing on powerful computational tools and a state-of-the-art scanning transmission electron microscope, a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison and Iowa State University materials science and engineering researchers has discovered a new nanometer-scale atomic structure in solid metallic materials known as metallic glasses.

Umicore S.A Broekstraat 31 Rue du Marais B-1000 Brussels BELGIUM Tel.: +32-2-227 71 11 Fax: 32-2-227 79 00 E-mail: info@umicore.com Umicore is a global materials technology group.