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Tuesday, September 16, 2014

ScienceDaily: Engineering and Construction News

ScienceDaily: Engineering and Construction News


Researchers control surface tension to manipulate liquid metals

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 12:39 PM PDT

Researchers have developed a technique for controlling the surface tension of liquid metals by applying very low voltages, opening the door to a new generation of reconfigurable electronic circuits, antennas and other technologies.

Elusive quantum transformations found near absolute zero

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 12:36 PM PDT

To isolate quantum fluctuations that define the properties of a metallic material, scientists probed it at temperatures colder than interstellar space. The research provides new methods to identify and understand promising new materials, including superconductors.

Run, cheetah, run: New algorithm enables cheetah robot to run and jump, untethered, across grass

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 08:45 AM PDT

Speed and agility are hallmarks of the cheetah: The big predator is the fastest land animal on Earth, able to accelerate to 60 mph in just a few seconds. As it ramps up to top speed, a cheetah pumps its legs in tandem, bounding until it reaches a full gallop.

Scientists come closer to the industrial synthesis of a material harder than diamond

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 07:21 AM PDT

Researchers have developed a new method for the synthesis of an ultrahard material that exceeds diamond in hardness. The material is an ultrahard fullerite, a polymer composed of fullerenes, or spherical molecules made of carbon atoms.

Rolling 'neat' nanotube fibers: Acid-free approach leads to strong conductive carbon threads

Posted: 15 Sep 2014 06:58 AM PDT

The very idea of fibers made of carbon nanotubes is neat, but scientists are making them neat -- literally. The single-walled carbon nanotubes in new fibers line up like a fistful of uncooked spaghetti through a new process.

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