(Nanowerk News) Materials that are both strong and lightweight could improve everything from cars to body armor. But usually, the two qualities are mutually exclusive. Now, University of Connecticut ...

A new type of laminate performed spectacularly in depth-of-penetration ballistics tests, but its greatest potential may derive from its ability to be tailored to meet specific engineering requirements ...

Magnesium alloys, known for their lightweight and high strength, face limitations due to poor corrosion resistance. The innovative Al/Mg/Al laminates combine the benefits of magnesium alloy and ...

People build walls out of stone, wood, brick, metal, and everything in between. Could plastic join that list? Todd Wynward, co-founder of the Repurposing Plastic Project, certainly thinks so. With the ...

Materials such as bone and wood are extremely performant: although they are made from soft biological polymers, they are strong — and hence allow humans and trees to stand upright — because they have ...

Nanostructured metamaterials have shown a lot of promise in what they can do in the lab, but often have fatal stress concentration factors that limit their applications. Researchers have now found a ...

The figure above shows a comparison of the mechanical and electrical conductivity property enhancement of functionalized carbon nanotube fiber compared to raw fiber, showing a 33-fold increase in ...

Materials scientists showed that fine-tuning interlayer interactions in a class of 2D polymers can determine the materials' loss or retention of desirable mechanical properties in multilayer or bulk ...

Vat photopolymerization is a 3D printing technique in which a light-sensitive resin is poured into a vat, and then selectively hardened into a desired shape using a laser or UV light. But this process ...

A new study introduces a cement-based material that is lightweight, low-carbon, and exceptionally tough—drawing inspiration from nature’s porous structures. Published in Nature Communications, the ...

Making fan blades for airplanes used to be pretty straightforward, but now it’s a whole different ballgame. We’re talking ...