Tag: Metals

Signatures of the Space Age: Spacecraft metals left in the wake of humanity’s path to the stars

The Space Age is leaving fingerprints on one of the most remote parts of the planet -- the stratosphere -- which has potential implications...

Researchers detail never-before-seen properties in a family of superconducting Kagome metals

Dramatic advances in quantum computing, smartphones that only need to be charged once a month, trains that levitate and move at superfast speeds. Technological...

A new, inexpensive catalyst speeds the production of oxygen from water: The material could replace rare metals and lead to more economical production of...

An electrochemical reaction that splits apart water molecules to produce oxygen is at the heart of multiple approaches aiming to produce alternative fuels for...

Construction workers at risk of unintentionally exposing families to multiple toxic metals

A range of work and home-related factors, such as not having a work locker or a place to launder work clothes, can impact the...

Electron conspiracy in a Japanese lattice pattern: Kagome metals baffle science

Toward a new kind of superconductivity: In the past four years scientists have discovered metals whose crystal structure mimics that of a traditional Japanese...

Beyond sci-fi: Manipulating liquid metals without contact: Look Ma. No hands!

Research inspired by Terminator 2's shape-shifting, liquid metal robot sees liquid-metal electrical conductors manipulated in mid-air without contact. The liquid wires can be controlled...

New technology will allow important metals to be made more efficiently: Patented technology will improve production of many electronic and computer components

University of Minnesota Twin Cities College of Science and Engineering researchers have invented a cheaper, safer, and simpler technology that will allow a "stubborn"...

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