Caveman Cuisine Goes Space Age
Grilling is an inherently simple proposition: Food plus flame equals delicious. So the best barbecue innovations keep it basic, using modern materials to update ancient tasks. Silicone brushes spread...
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Tensegrity ModelTristan d''Estree SterkTension and integrity are more than just what you might encounter in a day at the office. According to physics-centric artist Kenneth Snelson, the characteristics...
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New Armored Wall System Assembles Like Legos, Could Replace Sandbags in...
McCurdy's ArmorDynamic Defense MaterialsAttention recruits. Those of you landing in Afghanistan in coming months may not have to engage in the sandbag stacking and trench digging usually associated...
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New Metallic Glass Beats Steel as the Toughest, Strongest Material Yet
Toughest, Strongest GlassCourtesy Robert RitchieAn initial sharp crack in palladium-based metallic glass causes the material to bend before it breaks.Materials scientists in California have made a...
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Video: Self-Healing Polymer Fixes Itself Under Ultraviolet Light
Self-Healing MaterialsJeffrey Simms Photography via FlickrMaterials like self-healing paint and self-healing polymers could soon make a range of goods more resilient, and in some cases...
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New gear makes summer grilling safer, simpler and, yes, even tastier-just in time for July 4th Grilling is an inherently simple proposition: Food plus flame equals delicious. So the best barbecue...
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Technology A dance floor that harnesses people power, and other engineering innovations in action Tension and integrity are more than just what you might encounter in a day at the office. According to...
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New Armored Wall System Assembles Like Legos, Could Replace Sandbags in...
Technology Attention recruits. Those of you landing in Afghanistan in coming months may not have to engage in the sandbag stacking and trench digging usually associated with lowly… Attention recruits....
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New Metallic Glass Beats Steel as the Toughest, Strongest Material Yet
Technology Materials scientists in California have made a special metallic glass with a strength and toughness greater than any known material, using a recipe that could yield a new… Materials...
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Video: Self-Healing Polymer Fixes Itself Under Ultraviolet Light
Science Self-healing materials are a thing of the future, but certainly not a distant future. For instance, NASA plans to wrap airliners in a self-healing skin within the next 20… Self-healing...
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