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Inventing new paper materials has the ability to replace metals
The engineering team from the University of Maryland (USA) has recently found a paper that is made of durable and self-healing cellulose fibers.
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Invention helps people walk backwards on the ceiling
Colin Furze, 34, a British, invented a pair of iron shoes from school. This pair of shoes can help its riders go back to the same elaborate metal ceiling
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Rubber wires can stretch up to 8 times
Researchers at the University of North Carolina (USA) have successfully studied a type of electrical wire that can stretch up to 8 times like any elastic cord.
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Japan invented a power-saving semiconductor device
Japanese scientists have developed semiconductor devices that reduce power consumption in semiconductor chips by more than 90%. The research team at Hokkaido University…
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Create plastic that can conduct electricity
Scientists in Australia have found a completely new technique to create metal with plastic and even superconducting properties.
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Successful fabrication of similar alloys palladium
Japanese scientists have successfully fabricated new alloys similar to rare metals palladium - the world's first artificial rare metal.
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Cars of the future? BMW makes cars made of fabric
A cloth-covered car is something you associate with Flintstones, not the most advanced automotive design of the 21st century. But BMW's latest car concept car is exactly…
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Uranium - Radioactive elements
In 1789, the German chemist Claprot (M. Klaproth) discovered a new element and remembered the Uranus planet (Uranus) discovered by British astronomer Hechen (Herchel) in…
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Radio antennas made from Plasma
A new study revealed that radio antennas made from electrically contaminated gas are a device that captures anti-interference. Gas contaminated with electricity - or pla…
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Made of gold aluminum, black platinum and green silver with a laser machine
By using a tabletop laser, the University of Rochester optical scientists have turned pure aluminum into yellow, green, gray and other colors. All metals are t
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Metallic glass material is tougher than metal
Block metal glass materials have shown promise in engineering for more than 15 years but often have poor flexibility and toughness, and make them brittle and fragile. Bu…
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Cooling with Polariton
Shining light on an object to reduce its temperature seems a rather strange way, but laser cooling is frequently used in physics, especially to create super-cold samples…
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First spintronic components use commercial Si
Spintronic components (generation of electronic components of the future simultaneously exploiting the electronic properties as well as electrical charges) are gradually…
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Negative refractive index in iron materials from natural metal in high frequency range
Physicists in Germany claim they have for the first time discovered a material with a natural negative refractive index, instead of the usual positive refractive index.…