Researchers create a low-cost sensor that detects heavy metals in sweat
Heavy metals such as lead and cadmium are present in batteries, cosmetics, food and other things that are part of ...
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With new heat treatment, 3D-printed metals can withstand extreme conditions
A new MIT-developed heat treatment transforms the microscopic structure of 3D-printed metals, making the materials stronger and more resilient in ...
New strategy to effectively prevent component failures in metals
When a metal is stressed far below its yield strength at elevated temperatures, a process known as creep can occur. ...
Fighting fungal infections with metals
Each year, more than one billion people contract a fungal infection. Although they are harmless to most people, over 1.5 ...
Physicists demo method for designing topological metals
HOUSTON – (Sept. 15, 2022) – U.S. and European physicists have demonstrated a new method for predicting whether metallic compounds ...
Formation, evaluation, and influence of porosity in metals additively manufactured by laser powder bed fusion
A new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances; DOI 10.29026/oea.2022.210058 discusses formation, evaluation, and influence of porosity in metals additively manufactured by laser ...
SwRI study examines oxide growth in additively manufactured metals in sCO2 environment
SAN ANTONIO — June 13, 2022 — A new joint study by Southwest Research Institute and Sandia National Laboratories examines ...
A novel path for sustainable photon upconversion with non-precious metals
Sustainable chemical applications need to be able to employ renewable energy sources, renewable raw materials, and earth-abundant elements. However, to ...
Metal mayhem: New research finds toxic metals absorbed by Great Salt Lake plants and insects
Plants in Great Salt Lake wetland ecosystems are able to pull hazardous metal pollution from the lake and sometimes pass ...
Researchers unveil a secret of stronger metals
Forming metal into the shapes needed for various purposes can be done in many ways, including casting, machining, rolling, and ...
Recycling more precious metals from nuclear and electronic waste using the Picasso pigment, Prussian blue
A big problem with the disposal of nuclear and electronic wastes is that the process wastes precious metals such as ...
Research on the raw materials dilemma: High-tech metals germanium and gallium from the deep sea?
In 2020, 66 percent of global germanium production came from China; for gallium, Chinese market dominance is even greater at ...
Researchers find superconductors can carry magnetic information to much longer distances than conventional metals
A group of theoretical physicists from the University of Jyväskylä and Tampere University, Finland, and the Materials Physics Center in ...
Electronic structure study of AV3Sb5 kagome metals bolsters understanding of correlated phenomena
So-called kagome metals, named after the Japanese woven bamboo pattern their structure resembles, feature symmetrical patterns of interlaced, corner-sharing triangles. ...
Smallest earthquakes ever detected in micron-scale metals
On the micrometer scale deformation properties of metals change profoundly: the smooth and continuous behaviour of bulk materials often becomes ...
Singapore scientists demonstrate that some tropical plants have potential to remove toxic heavy metals from the soil
A team of researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Singapore’s National Parks Board (NParks), has demonstrated that ...
Carbon-coated nickel enables fuel cell free of precious metals
ITHACA, N.Y. - A nitrogen doped carbon-coated nickel anode can catalyze an essential reaction in hydrogen fuel cells at a ...
Tracking real-time atomic movement between crystal grains in metals
Metallic materials used in engineering must be strong and ductile – capable of carrying high mechanical loads while able to ...
Meddling with metals: Escaping the tyranny of copper
It may seem counterintuitive to many, but metal ions play a critical role in life, carrying out some of the ...
Construction workers at risk of unintentionally exposing families to multiple toxic metals
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Michael Saunders, [email protected] Jillian McKoy, [email protected] ## Construction Workers at Risk of Unintentionally Exposing Families to ...