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Briefs: Materials
These materials can be used in aerospace vehicles, automobiles, clothing, helmets, and chemical sensors.
Q&A: Manufacturing & Prototyping
David Kaplan is solidifying silk to make products like rods and plates for medical implants.
Briefs: Materials
Production Method for High-Performance Polymer
A new composite nanoparticle catalyst produces a polymer to make body armor and other high-performance fabrics.
Briefs: Motion Control
This framework can be used by commercial and military aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles.
Special Reports: Materials
Advanced Materials - February 2020
Breakthroughs in plastics, composites, metals, and other materials technologies are enabling exciting new applications in industries ranging from aerospace to automotive to medical. Read more in this Special...5 Ws: Materials
With the new microlattice pads, players will have greater protection from both single hits and a series of impacts.
Briefs: Materials
The films could be used in impact-resistant glazing, windscreens, and displays.
Question of the Week: Green Design & Manufacturing
Do you Like the Idea of Fungi-Inspired Design?
Our lead INSIDER story today demonstrated the potential of fungi as a building material. Aside from supporting theoretical space habitats, fungal mycelia have been used to create actual chairs and 2x4 structures. What do you think? Do you Like the Idea of Fungi-Inspired Design?
Blog: Materials
When astronauts arrive on the Moon, their habitat may be one made out of fungi.
Q&A: Electronics & Computers
Have you heard of "Thubber?"
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
A carbon nanotube heat shield can better protect extremely fast aircraft.
Briefs: Aerospace
These barrier coatings protect high-performance components in extreme environments.
Briefs: Automotive
This lightweight material brings strength and durability to complex shapes.
Briefs: Aerospace
This multifunctional hybrid laminate composite can be used for residential and commercial construction.
Briefs: Energy
This technology has applications in sonar, range measuring, directional-force sensors, flow meters, and vibration/noise sensing and control.
Briefs: Wearables
Washable Sensor Can Be Woven Into Materials
The device could impact composites manufacturing and health monitoring.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Researchers have created a motion-powered, fireproof sensor that can track the movements of firefighters, steelworkers, miners, and others who work in high-risk environments where they cannot always be seen. The...
Briefs: Aerospace
In the wake of recent developments that have reduced fan and jet noise contributions to overall jet-engine noise, aircraft designers are turning their attention toward reducing engine core noise....
Question of the Week: Materials
Are You Lightweighting with Plastics and Composites?
A Tech Briefs webinar this month focused on the idea of lightweighting – or replacing traditionally metal parts, like engine components, with plastics and composites.
INSIDER: Materials
Transparent electrodes are a critical component of solar cells and electronic displays. To collect electricity in a solar cell or inject electricity for a display, you need a conductive contact,...
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
How do thermoplastic composites compare to the thermoset composites already in use for several decades? A Tech Briefs reader asks.
Facility Focus: Materials
The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is the nonprofit applied research division of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in Atlanta, GA. Founded in 1934 as the Engineering...
Articles: Aerospace
Semi-Liquid Metal Anode for Next-Generation Batteries
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University have developed a semi-liquid lithium metal-based anode. Lithium batteries made using this new electrode type could have a...
Briefs: Transportation
Landing is stressful on a rocket’s legs because they must handle the force from the impact with the landing pad. One way to combat this is to build legs out of materials that absorb some of the...
Briefs: Materials
A 3D-printed polymer-based foam structure was developed that responds to the force of a shock wave to act as a oneway switch, a long sought-after goal in shock research. The...
Blog: Materials
How much does windshield glazing matter when cars drive themselves?
Briefs: Materials
High-Temperature Dielectric Nanocomposite
A nanocomposite was developed that could be a superior high-temperature dielectric material for flexible electronics, energy storage, and electric devices. The nanocomposite combines one-dimensional polymer nanofibers and two-dimensional boron nitride nano-sheets. The nanofibers reinforce the...
Briefs: Energy
Whereas hydrogen fuel cells (e.g., proton exchange membrane (PEM) and other fuel cells) generate electricity from the chemical reaction between pure hydrogen and oxygen, direct carbon fuel cells (DCFCs)...
Briefs: Materials
In the polymer composites industry, cure cycles are typically developed from trial-and-error or a more effective processing science approach to reduce the...
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Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
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Podcasts: Electronics & Computers
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Quiz: Manned Systems
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Blog: Aerospace
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Webcasts
Webinars: Connectivity
Virtual. Physical. Connected: How Smart Testing Is Changing Automotive...
Webinars: Electronics & Computers
Superior Environmental Protection with Ultra-Thin Parylene and Multilayer...
Summits: Energy
Battery Manufacturing & Simulation Summit 2026
Webinars: Power
Virtual Screening of Materials for Increased Battery Performance
Webinars: Software
Scaling SDV Development with Virtualization
Webinars: Electronics & Computers
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