Using these natural designs as a guide, the team built a laminated composite made of alternating layers of pure copper foil ...

Most materials in our world shrink in volume when cooled and expand when heated. Humans have known this for some time, and have built our civilization with that in mind. Yet, as we seek to expand ...

Nagoya, Japan - Machines and devices used in modern industry are required to withstand harsh conditions. When the environmental temperature changes, the volume of the materials used to make these ...

In a play on words, Bill Dean, business development manager for Houston-based Enventure Global Technology LLC said expanding solid tubulars was a "pipe dream" of which many in the industry were ...

Using a Corebon induction-heated mold (top left), Alia Mentis applied its Koridion expandable core (top right) to produce a Class A finish carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) hood with integral air ...

Surface conductors containing external water-expandable elastomeric elements increase conductor bearing capacity in deep and ultradeep waters where water-saturated soils may lead to wellhead sinking, ...

New options for making finely structured soft, flexible and expandable materials called hydrogels have been developed by researchers at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT). Their ...