RAILWAY AGE, MARCH 2023 ISSUE: Welcome to “Timeout for Tech with Gary T. Fry, Ph.D., P.E.” Each month, we examine a technology topic that professionals in the railway industry have asked to learn more ...

It sounds like something out of science fiction. A material that gets hit, cracked, or bent — and comes out tougher for it.

In this article, we will examine three essential aspects of flat tensile specimens: where and why they are used, how international standards and geometry influence test outcomes, and what practical ...

Researchers in UConn’s Institute of Materials Science significantly improved the performance of an atomically thin semiconductor material by stretching it, an accomplishment that could prove ...

Ian McEnteggart, Composites Market Manager at Instron, talks to AZoM about the importance of strain measurement in materials development. What is strain and why is strain measurement important to ...

Researchers in China have observed a novel version of the Hall effect in a single layer of tungsten selenide (WSe 2). The result, which they obtained by applying strain to a sample of the ...

A team of researchers from University of Toronto Engineering have designed a new material that is both very light and ...

Superconductors' never-ending flow of electrical current could provide new options for energy storage and superefficient electrical transmission and generation. But the signature zero electrical ...

What makes some plastics stick to metal without any glue? Osaka Metropolitan University scientists have peered into the ...

Scientists create a composite fiber using nanotubes that stops bullet impacts better than Kevlar technology while using ...