A research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has discovered a material class with above-average conductivity. This is a decisive step forward in the development of high-performance solid-state batteries. Investigations ...
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 14, 2023
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have identified a mechanism in a 3D-printed alloy—termed "load shuffling"—that could enable the design of better-performing lightweight materials for vehicles.
Analytical Chemistry
Jan 19, 2023
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Scientists have measured the highest toughness ever recorded, of any material, while investigating a metallic alloy made of chromium, cobalt, and nickel (CrCoNi). Not only is the metal extremely ductile—which, in materials ...
Analytical Chemistry
Dec 8, 2022
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The existence of carbonic acid has long been the subject of debate: theoretically real, but practically impossible to detect. That is because the compound decomposes at the Earth's surface. A German-Chinese team of researchers ...
Analytical Chemistry
Nov 22, 2022
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One of the central predictions of general relativity is that a massive object such as a star, galaxy, or black hole can deflect light passing nearby. This means that light from distant objects can be gravitationally lensed ...
Astronomy
Oct 10, 2022
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Pd42.5Ni7.5Cu30P20 (PNCP) is considered the champion of bulk metallic glasses due to its glass-forming ability (GFA), yet the atomic configurations that lead to this property remain unknown. Recently an international team ...
Analytical Chemistry
Sep 26, 2022
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The heat, pressure, and force that materials experience during manufacturing processes, such as forming, casting, and molding, can cause internal inconsistencies in manufactured metal parts. These inconsistencies include ...
General Physics
Mar 4, 2022
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ANSTO contributed to a large international collaboration on advanced sodium ion batteries led by French researchers, which provides a direction for the design of high-performing sodium ion electrodes. Advanced sodium ion ...
Materials Science
Jan 13, 2021
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Studies of the residual stresses that are formed during an additive manufacturing (AM) process have revealed that the build orientation of the part being produced has an impact on the formation of adverse stresses.
Materials Science
Oct 15, 2020
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Skoltech researchers, together with their industrial colleagues and academic partners, have cracked a 1960s puzzle about the crystal structure of a superhard tungsten boride that can be extremely useful in industrial applications, ...
Materials Science
Jul 3, 2020
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