Dinosaurs in bullet-proof vests
...codile as was previously assumed,' he adds. 'Their microstructure is substantially more complex, at least in some types of ankylosaurus.' A complete set of dinosaur chain mail was composed of hundreds of thousands of bony armour plates known as osteoderms. Most of these were smaller than a European one-cent coin, b...Unique global light source Website launched
...rates intense beams of brilliant light to view the microstructure of materials. Light sources around the world are advancing research and development in fields as diverse as medicine, drug design, environmental science, agriculture, minerals explorations, advanced materials, forensics, engineering, and materials f...NC State scientist finds soft tissue in T. rex bones
...us rex. Schweitzer was interested in studying the microstructure and organic components of a dinosaur's bone. All bone is made up of a combination of protein (and other organic molecules) and minerals. In modern bone, removing the minerals leaves supple, soft organic materials that are much easier to work with in ...From sound analysis to nicotine addiction
...rgery. The Priority Programme "Modification of the microstructure and shape of solids through externally applied magnetic fields" will bring material scientists, engineers, mathematicians, physicists and chemists together to work on this key developing technology to connect the findings, which range from basic rese...Yale scientists confirm how crystals form
...ersity is the first to devise a way to predict the microstructure of crystals as they form in materials, according to a report in the September issue of Applied Physics Letters. Although there are theoretical models that predict grain size and ways to monitor the growth of individual crystals, this new method make...Use your brain, halve your risk of dementia
...lating environments. These mice had changes in the microstructure of their brains, compared with the controls. "We now need a clinical trial to improve our neurobiological understanding of the brain-reserve effect in humans," said Dr Valenzuela. "Perhaps this could be based around mentally stimulating leisure activ...Secrets of the sea yield stronger artificial bone
...ture reduces in scale. Ultimately, they obtained a microstructure that measures one micron, or one-millionth of a meter. In comparison, nacre's structure measures half of a micron. "We are half a micron away from mimicking nature," says Tomsia. After the ice is removed via sublimation, the result is a porous scaffo...Habitat microstructure drives salamander metamorphosis
...tudy highlights how a simple difference in habitat microstructure can have a major influence on patterns of development, morphology and evolution. Ronald Bonett and Paul Chippindale from the University of Texas at Arlington, Texas, USA, analysed the type, size and degree of sorting of streambed sediments for 22 pop...Oh, what a feeling - dancing on the ceiling!
... results, in combination with the knowledge on the microstructure of pads, provide important inspiration for mimicking locomotion of wall and ceiling walking machines, which use micropatterned polymer feet for generating adhesion"....From climate dynamics to educational research...
...the first time combined research on nucleation and microstructure formation processes in metals with colloid research. In this programme they aim to gain a comprehensive understanding and inter-scale simulation of these processes. (Coordinator: Prof. Heike Emmerich, RWTH Aachen University) The Priority Programme "A...Sensational find: The mini-dinosaurs from the Harz Mountains
...ogist, Dr. Martin Sander, recently discovered. The microstructure of the bones, he says, makes it very likely that the animals involved were adults a scientific sensation: at a maximum estimated weight of one tonne they were only a fiftieth the weight of their closest relatives, the brachiosaurs, and thus by far t...Nanotechnology being used to improve biocompatibility of human prosthetics and implants
...titanium alloy implants. It is well known that the microstructure of these coatings significantly influences their mechanical properties and biocompatibility. Understanding the effect of nanostructures within a biocompatible coating could contribute greatly towards improving the effectiveness of these coatings. I...Beetle feet stick to their promises
.... They have developed a material with a biomimetic microstructure that exhibits excellent adhesive qualities, basing it on investigations of the foot soles of several types of beetle. Their particularly strong adhesive force is the result of very small, specially shaped hairs reminiscent of tiny mushrooms. In rig...... Rheology of self-assembled systems; Formation of microstructure during processing; Synthesis: Self-assembly in soft matter; synthesis: polymers and small molecules, cyclodextrins, micelles, and mesophases; Self-assembly of functional colloidal materials; Self-assembly for synthesis of surfaces and interfac...... X-ray diffraction technology to study the crystal microstructure of the materials, Zhang can determine whether the materials show promise in terms of ductility. This provides a shortcut of sorts so that the team doesnt waste time on materials that are potentially brittle. A little more than a year into the project...