#Advanced Materials

NASA’s “Son of Concorde” X-59 Set for Historic First Flight

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Imagine flying from New York to London only to land across the pond in a mere 90 minutes. This hyper-fast future of air travel is approaching liftoff as NASA prepares its trailblazing X-59 jet for a history-making inaugural test flight. Dubbed the "Son of Concorde," NASA's bullet-nosed X-59...

Ground breaking new 3D-Printing technique allows the printing of Transparent Glass

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A brand new 3D printing technique could allow scientists to print glass which incorporates different 'refractive indices' in a single printed piece of transparent glass. This could make finishing glass products cheaper and easier. The team, working out of Lawrence Livermore, successfully demonstrated the creation of transparent glass...

Green method developed for making artificial spider silk

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Researchers have designed a super stretchy, strong and sustainable material that mimics the qualities of spider silk, and is ‘spun’ from a material that is 98% water. A team of architects and chemists from the University of Cambridge has designed super-stretchy and strong fibres which are almost entirely...