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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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Question of the Week: Transportation
Will Automotive and Aerospace Industries Adopt Self-Healing Composites?

An INSIDER story this month highlighted how researchers from RPI and the University of Washington have created a composite that reverses fatigue damage — after applying some heat.

Blog: Materials
With some help from mussels and spider silk, a team of researchers has developed a strong, biocompatible adhesive that works well underwater.
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Question of the Week: Aerospace
Will Mars Habitats Be Made from Blood?

Transporting a single brick to Mars is extremely expensive. The high cost presents a challenge for those planning the future construction of a Martian colony.

Blog: Materials
A team has created a new type of carbon fiber reinforced material that reverses any fatigue damage -- you just need a little heat.
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Special Reports: Aerospace
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Medical Manufacturing & Outsourcing - November 2021

In this new report from the editors of Medical Design Briefs and Tech Briefs magazines, discover how the latest advances in 3D printing, machining, molding and more are changing the way...

INSIDER: Lighting

Infrared (IR) light is invisible to humans. However, some animals, such as rattlesnakes or bloodsucking bats, can perceive IR radiation and use it to find food. But even for humans, the ability to...

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Blog: Materials
Prof. Jake J. Abbott is leading a team that has discovered a way to manipulate orbiting debris with spinning magnets.
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Question of the Week: Nanotechnology
Can Borophane Beat Graphene?

A Tech Brief in our November issue highlights a new material that’s super-thin and super-strong. By combining hydrogen with an atom-thick sheet of boron known as borophane, researchers from Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) have created a potential alternative to the breakthrough 2D material graphene. The Argonne...

Articles: Electronics & Computers
Thanos Yiagopoulos, Chief Technology Officer of Momentive Performance Materials, discusses how engineers can determine the best product for their application.
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Q&A: Materials

Jingcheng Ma, along with a team of researchers at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, found a way to make ultra-thin water-resistant surface coatings robust enough to...

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Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
With Artemis II — the first crewed flight of SLS and Orion — four astronauts will travel to the lunar environment in 2024.
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Products: Test & Measurement
Power supply ICs, temperature sensors, DC-DC converters, and more.
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Application Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Unmanned aircraft present a range of optics challenges.
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Products: Data Acquisition
Infrared lens testers, fiber optic transceivers, spectral radiometers, and more.
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Articles: Energy
Silicon Carbide (SiC) optics are becoming more and more prevalent in high-energy laser (HEL) designs, and manufacturers must be aware of the potential risks
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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
Flexible carbon nanotube fibers woven into clothing gather accurate EKG and heart rate.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Applications include space structures, emergency shelters, backpack solar collectors, and inspection of hazardous environments.
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Articles: Propulsion
A vision-based control algorithm saves a quadrotor after the complete loss of a single motor.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Incorporating semiconductor components, microscopic robots are made to walk with standard electronic signals.
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Briefs: Communications
The 2D materials boost device performance for electronic devices, solar cells, batteries, and medical equipment.
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Articles: Motion Control
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Directly visualizing external stresses of plastics is useful in development of materials with improved mechanical properties.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This paves the way for innovative and more energy-efficient printed electronics.
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Articles: Power
The e-kit promises to be a low-cost solution in the developing world.
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Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The Halo replaces all metal retractors with one simple, one-size-fits-all design.
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NASA Spinoff: Materials
A long-time apparel insulator develops its own takes on popular NASA spinoff material.
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Briefs: Materials
The material could be used to create housing in outer space.
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