Ithaca, NY – April 1, 2008 – By taking advantage of the surprising physics of magnetic flux pinning, spacecraft components could hover a fraction of an inch to several feet apart without electrical ...

Space is tough on materials. Radiation, UV light, atomic oxygen and sharp temperature swings can degrade metals, polymers and coatings over time. This article looks at the current ways researchers are ...

Lockheed Martin has revealed the F-35 Lightning II will be the first mass-produced aircraft to integrate structural nanocomposites in non-load bearing airframe components. A thermoset epoxy reinforced ...

Researchers at the Center for Algorithmic and Robotized Synthesis within the Institute for Basic Science have taken a significant step forward in understanding the stability of proteins by leveraging ...

A research group from the University of Bath have used a sensitive approach to protein structure stability, with immediate use in the biopharmaceutical industry. The method, fluorescence red edge ...

To ensure safe long term operation of nuclear power plants, international collaborative research aimed at collecting, measuring, recording and analysing the properties of sample materials removed from ...

James Bruton’s one-ball bike balances and moves omni-directionally; each omni-wheel uses 216 bearings, but steering is ...