Understanding Corrosion to Enable Next-Generation Metals
Researchers are using new, experimental techniques like Shear Assisted Processing and Extrusion (ShAPE™) and friction stir welding to produce metal…
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DoD Looks to Establish “Mine-to-Magnet” Supply Chain for Rare Earth Materials
The Defense Department has in recent months advanced its goal of developing domestic supply chains to ensure continued access to…
Propelling 3D Printing Into the Future
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —3D printing has changed the world. It’s allowed the aerospace, medical, automotive, manufacturing, and many other industries to…
Bruised and Bleeding: New Materials Show Where They’re Hurt
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Every over-the-counter medication bottle sports a protective seal, usually a plastic wrap or foam layer, or both….
Award-Winning Alloy Can Improve Engine Performance
A new award-winning alloy can improve the energy efficiency of powertrains, the motors that make things like cars, boats, and…
A Brief History of the Advanced Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Polymers of NRL’s Chemistry Division
In common language, the term “polymer” elicits references to many ordinary, practical items, including the phrase “paper or plastic” in checkout counters.
Atmospheric Corrosion Severity and the Role of the Environment: Determining a Direct Correlation
Corrosion costs the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) billions of dollars annually and heavily impacts the availability of DoD assets to carry out their missions [1].
Researchers Invent New Way to Stretch Diamond for Better Quantum Bits
A future quantum network may become less of a stretch thanks to researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s)…
NASA Engineers Push Limits of Physics to Focus Light
A pair of precision-orbiting small satellites will attempt to capture the first views ever of small-scale features near the surface…
Probing the Temperature of Materials Under Extreme Pressure
In new experiments at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL’s) National Ignition Facility, scientists measured the extended X-ray absorption fine structure…
In a First, LLNL Researchers Create Birefringent All-Glass Metasurface
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers have adapted their novel metasurface process, which creates a thin layer on the surface…
LLNL and Meta Engineers Develop 3D-Printed Material With Potential for More Lifelike Wearables
Engineers and chemists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and Meta have developed a new kind of 3D-printed material capable…