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Self-healing Liquid Metal Electrode Extends Life of Li-ion Battery Alternative
2 days ago
Rechargeable lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are a revolutionary technology, found in everything from cellphones to cars. Their ubiquity and…
Engineers use heat-free tech for flexible electronics; print metal traces on flowers, gelatin
July 30, 2019
Martin Thuo of Iowa State University and the Ames Laboratory clicked through the photo gallery for one of…
Researchers turn liquid metal into a plasma
March 14, 2019
Most laypersons are familiar with the three states of matter as solids, liquids, and gases. But there are…
Stanford scientists advance new way to store wind and solar electricity on a large scale, affordably and at room temperature
July 20, 2018
A new combination of materials developed by Stanford researchers may aid in developing a rechargeable battery able to…
Lawrence Livermore reinventing metal 3D printing with new direct writing process
March 31, 2017
Metal 3D printing has enormous potential to revolutionize modern manufacturing. However, the most popular metal printing processes, which…
Vader Systems may have created a quantum leap in manufacturing
January 13, 2017
A father and son team in the START-UP NY program have invented a liquid metal printing machine that…
Micro-sized, liquid-metal particles for heat-free soldering
April 26, 2016
Martin Thuo likes to look for new, affordable and clean ways to put science and technology to work…
Liquid Metal ‘Nano-Terminators’ Target Cancer Cells
December 10, 2015
Researchers at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed a…
Bubble, bubble, at the flick of a switch
October 28, 2015
Boiling water, with its commotion of bubbles that rise from a surface as water comes to a boil,…
Chinese Scientists Have Built the First Self-Propelled Liquid Metal Robot
March 16, 2015
Researchers from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China have developed the world’s first liquid metal robot which can power…
Researching the Physics of Cooling Liquid Metals Adds Levity to Space Station
November 20, 2014
Sure, it’s easy to say that research in microgravity is cool, but the European Space Agency’s (ESA) new…
Scientists control surface tension to manipulate liquid metals
September 16, 2014
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a technique for controlling the surface tension of liquid metals…
Researchers study gallium to design adjustable electronic components
August 29, 2014
Researchers study gallium to design adjustable electronic components, including new types of antennas These liquid metal droplets are…
New manufacturing methods needed for ‘soft’ machines, robots
June 19, 2014
Purdue researchers have developed a technique to embed a liquid-alloy pattern inside a rubber-like polymer to form a…
Neutrons and X-rays reveal structure of high-temperature liquid metal oxides
June 4, 2014
A metal oxide drop levitated in a flow of gas is being heated from above with a laser…
Liquid metal pump a breakthrough for micro-fluidics
February 24, 2014
RMIT University researchers in Melbourne, Australia, have developed the world’s first liquid metal enabled pump, a revolutionary new…
Researchers Examine Dynamics of Liquid Metal Particles at Nanoscale
August 16, 2013
Two NJIT researchers have demonstrated that using a continuum-based approach, they can explain the dynamics of liquid metal…
Update: Researchers Build 3-D Structures Out of Liquid Metal
July 12, 2013
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed three-dimensional (3-D) printing technology and techniques to create free-standing structures…
Researchers build 3-D structures out of liquid metal
July 10, 2013
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed three-dimensional (3-D) printing technology and techniques to create free-standing structures…
Scientists reveal structure of a supercooled liquid
July 9, 2013
If a liquid metal alloy is cooled slowly it will eventually form a solid phase. Before it solidifies,…
New experiment opens window on glasses
June 10, 2013
For the first time, scientists have mapped the structure of a metallic glass on the atomic scale, bringing…
The formula for turning cement into metal
May 28, 2013
LEMONT, Ill. – In a move that would make the Alchemists of King Arthur’s time green with envy,…
Researchers Create Self-Healing, Stretchable Wires Using Liquid Metal
January 24, 2013
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed elastic, self-healing wires in which both the liquid-metal core and…
Researchers Use Liquid Metal to Create Wires That Stretch Eight Times Their Original Length
December 19, 2012
Researchers from North Carolina State University have created conductive wires that can be stretched up to eight times…
- Nanotech research yields bouncing liquid metal marbles
January 14, 2013
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