On a balmy September evening in 1998, Swissair flight 111 was in big trouble. A fire in the cockpit ceiling had at first blinded the pilots with smoke, leaving them to rely on instruments to divert ...
From the sound of reports in the press, graphene is the miracle material that will cure all the world’s ills. It’ll make batteries better, supercharge solar panels, and revolutionize medicine. While a ...
Daniel Rau, a mechanical engineering Ph.D. student, works with a 3D printer in the Design, Research, and Education for Additive Manufacturing Systems (DREAMS) Lab. An interdisciplinary team of ...
Kapton-insulated wiring offers an innovative solution for electrical systems required to operate under extreme temperatures or with low outgassing thresholds. Based on a proprietary space-age polymer ...
Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. “Why in God’s name would you use this material?” asks former Pentagon analyst Edward ...