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Access the technical resources for a range of materials and coatings. Design engineers can browse news, technical briefs, and applications for plastics, composites, rubbers, elastomers, and metals.

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Q&A: Sensors/Data Acquisition
An "E-Skin" material can be printed without polymer binders.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The suit can be controlled with a double tap to the chest or via an app.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
The system creates accurate defect standards for in-situ inspection systems.
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UpFront: Imaging
Private stations get NASA funding; a camera "sees the unseen," and more.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The hydrogels can morph multiple times in a preprogrammed or on-demand manner in response to external trigger signals.
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Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
Diamonds’ atomic flaws are converted into atomic sensors that watch a quantum world of materials under extreme pressure.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Biobots based on muscle cells can swim at unprecedented velocities.
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Briefs: Materials
The flexible, self-healing coating protects buildings, bridges, and anything above or below the water made of steel.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
An electrically driven soft valve paves the way for fully soft robots.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The fiber contains memory, temperature sensors, and a trained neural network program for inferring physical activity.
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Briefs: Materials
This robot can run, jump, carry heavy payloads, and turn on a dime.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
SensiCut, a smart material-sensing platform for laser cutters, can differentiate among 30 materials commonly found in makerspaces.
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Briefs: Nanotechnology
The device provides the first step toward ultrasensitive biosensors to detect diseases at the molecular level with near-perfect efficiency.
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers

Boron is a versatile non-metal element, but until the last five years, chemists have only theorized about the useful properties and applications of two-dimensional...

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INSIDER: Nanotechnology

To enable the development of wearable devices that possess advanced ultraviolet (UV) detection functions, scientists from NTU Singapore have created a new type of light sensor that is...

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Facility Focus: Robotics, Automation & Control
Purdue University is helping to create better battery monitoring, stretchable biosensors, allergen detectors, and more.
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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Learn what to look for when selecting computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) programming software for the DED manufacturing process.
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Briefs: Materials
The technique controls rather than combats ice formation.
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Briefs: Aerospace
The low-density, graphene-based aerogel could make aircraft as quiet as a hairdryer.
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Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
The eco-friendly process removes heavy metals, dyes, and other pollutants.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The camera combines lasers, computers, and terahertz waves to see “unseen” details.
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Briefs: Communications
The film monitors how well aircraft and spacecraft withstand the mechanical stresses of flight.
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5 Ws: Materials
Fibers sewn into fabrics can turn heat from the Sun into energy that could power textile electronics.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Comfortable, form-fitting garments could be used to remotely track patients’ health.
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Briefs: Materials
This technology improves the detection of low-power far-infrared (FIR) signals.
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Briefs: Propulsion
The “nanoswimmers” could be used to remediate contaminated soil, improve water filtration, or even deliver drugs to targeted areas of the body.
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Articles: Energy
NASA-developed fire protection, implantable stimulators, and more.
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UpFront: Manufacturing & Prototyping
NASA's satellite data reveals the pandemic's effect on our atmosphere, and a team of shoebox-sized rover scouts is prepped for the lunar surface.
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Briefs: Energy
The approach could advance the potential of high-powered, solid-electrolyte lithium batteries.
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