A Man-made 'Take' on Nature's Style
Engineering / Materials
Advanced Composite Materials, (ACMs) are, as the name implies, composite materials. However, they consist exclusively of man-made specialty fibers bound in a matrix of plastics. The variety of such ma continue reading this fact
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Seeing In The Dark
Engineering / Breakthroughs
In the movies, there are all sorts of nasty things that can see perfectly well in the dark. More realistic movies also boast their share of 'beasts' that can see in the dark. Who could forget the eeri continue reading this fact
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Cool Fuel Cells
Engineering / Breakthroughs
Astronauts have been using them for power aboard spacecraft since the 1960s. Soon, perhaps, they'll be just as common on Earth--powering cars, trucks, laptop computers and cell phones. They're called continue reading this fact
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