Scientists design spider- and ant-inspired metal structure that doesn’t sink
Unsinkable ships could become a reality with such technology.
Tag: metal
Lunar dirt can be broken down into oxygen and metals
This study rocks.
Mysterious gravitational anomaly in Moon’s South Pole could be a massive metal deposit
It was 'imported' from space via a meteorite impact.
Researcher devise ‘metallic wood’ that’s stronger than titanium but could float on water
"The reason we call it metallic wood is not just its density, which is about that of wood, but its ...
Thawing Canadian Arctic permafrost is releasing “substantial amounts” of mercury into waterways
In the Canadian Arctic, mercury isn't rising only in thermometers.
First metal pollution event in Europe suggests Europeans were smelting metal 5,600 years ago
The metal ages may have started in the Balkans.
This machine 3-D prints metal objects in mid-air
Harvard researchers have demonstrated an all new 3-D printing technique that creates metals objects with complex shapes right in mid-air. ...
Composite metal foam better at stopping bullets than solid plates
Composite metal foam (CMF) is light, but strong -- it can even stop bullets!
How the Copper Age changed humanity
In a time where virtually all labor was muscle-driven, having access to a material that can make your tools bend ...
Foamy gold is mostly empty, floats on coffee
Imagine a nugget of real, 20 carat gold floating merrily on the milk foam of your cup of warm cappuccino ...
Everything about Aluminium: facts, recycling, importance
The next time you throw away an aluminium can, picture the can half full of gasoline. That's how much energy ...
Scientists make recipes for metal glass, the wonder material you’ve never heard of
What happens when you mix the physical properties of glass (brittle and flowing) and metal (stiff and tough)? You get ...
Scientists Turn Pure Metal into Glass
A team of researchers has managed to make metallic glasses from pure, monoatomic metals. These metals are amorphous like glass, ...
Taking 3D printing into the metal age, and into outer space
We've already written novels on how much 3D printing has evolved and what magnificent things we can accomplish through it: ...
Cracked metal fuses itself – pulling apart only makes it stronger
It was a result so unexpected that MIT researchers first thought there was some kind of mistake - under certain ...
Scientists change the colour of gold and other metals using nanotech
The tiny patterns are formed on the gold surface using a process called ion beam milling ...
Scientists turn hydrogen into metal
For years and years scientists have tried to make hydrogen exhibit metal properties, by experimentally proving what's already been more ...
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Leaf blowers are not only annoying but also bad for you (and the environment)
It comes down to the inefficient engines they use.
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