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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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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Squid skin inspires a new material with heat-regulating properties.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
This optical switch controls the direction of light passing through optical fibers faster and more efficiently.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
This technology has applications in sonar, range measuring, directional-force sensors, flow meters, and vibration/noise sensing and control.
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Articles: Aerospace
Products include an aerosol scattering sensor; metal foam; and a new coated drug capsule.
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Briefs: Wearables
The device could impact composites manufacturing and health monitoring.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
This invention is a highly stable, heat-treatable, and tunable material.
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Briefs: Aerospace
Stronger and flexible, polyimide aerogels provide insulation and structural support.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
RFID-based devices work in indoor and outdoor lighting conditions and could transmit data for years before they need to be replaced.
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Briefs: Materials
When combined with saltwater, rust can be a source of electricity.
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Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
What's the best aluminum for extrusion? A Tech Briefs reader asks our expert.
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INSIDER: Photonics/Optics

A team led by scientists at the University of Washington has designed and tested a 3D-printed metamaterial that can manipulate light with nanoscale precision. As...

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INSIDER: Imaging

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have reported a new mechanism to speed up the charging of lithium-ion batteries...

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Blog: Materials
A team in Germany has a quicker, cleaner approach to welding metal to plastic: The HPCI® Joining Gun.
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Facility Focus: Information Technology
In recent decades, NSF-funded researchers have discovered quite a bit, including many of the fundamental particles of matter.
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Products: Energy
3D-printing platforms, simulation software, transistors, and more.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement

Undercooled metal technology was developed that features liquid metal (in this case, Field's metal, an alloy of bismuth, indium, and tin) trapped below its melting point in polished,...

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Briefs: Materials

A process was developed for producing oxide perovskite crystals in flexible, free-standing layers. A two-dimensional rendition of this substance is intriguing because 2D materials have been shown to...

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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....

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Briefs: Wearables

A perception system for soft robots was developed that is inspired by the way humans process information about their own bodies in space and in relation to other objects and people. The system includes a...

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5 Ws: Test & Measurement
A new wearable could make heart health monitoring easier and more accurate than existing electrocardiograph machines.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines are employed to locate cancerous tumors and aid in the development of treatment plans, while nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) machines are used to...

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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Researchers have developed a fiber that combines the elasticity of rubber with the strength of a metal, resulting in a tougher material. The fibers consist of a gallium metal core...

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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers

To investigate oceans, researchers aim to build a submerged network of interconnected sensors that sends data to the surface. Supplying constant power to scores of sensors designed to stay for long...

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Briefs: Nanotechnology

By mimicking the outer coating of pearls (nacre or mother of pearl), researchers created a lightweight plastic that is 14 times stronger and eight times lighter (less dense) than steel. It could...

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NASA Spinoff: Materials
The material used on a shuttle's rocket boosters has several terrestrial applications.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Smart Electronic Skin for Robots and Prosthetics

Humans use the sense of touch to accomplish almost every daily task such as picking up a cup of coffee or shaking someone’s hand. Without it, humans can even lose their sense of balance when walking. Similarly, robots need to have a sense of touch in order to interact better with humans but...

Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Researchers have developed a formula that enables them to recreate different levels of perceived softness. Based on the results from their experiments, they created equations that can calculate how...

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Briefs: Electronics & Computers

A method was developed to make atom-flat sensors that seamlessly integrate with devices to report on what they perceive. Electronically active 2D materials, touted for their strength, are difficult to move to...

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