Materials Sciences

Materials management deals with the research, development, manufacturing and processing of raw and industrial materials. Key aspects here are biological and medical issues, which play an increasingly important role in this field.

innovations-report offers in-depth articles related to the development and application of materials and the structure and properties of new materials.

New method for modifying products containing wood fibres developed in Finland

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a method that opens up new opportunities for the use of lignin-containing wood fibres and other natural…

Surrey research group wins grant to develop new low-cost fuel cells

An energy materials research group in alkaline polymer fuel cells lead by Dr John Varcoe at the University of Surrey has been awarded £292k by the EPSRC to…

DELO adhesives are used for the new glass/metal assembly system

As of now, a completely new way of fixing glass plates is available on the market – without having to clamp or drill them: With the glass/metal assembly method…

Rough times: NIST's new approach to surface profiling

Surface roughness is a key issue for auto manufacturers and other industries that use sheet metal, one that goes far beyond simple cosmetics. Faint striations…

NIST reference materials are 'gold standard' for bio-nanotech research

Nanosized particles are the subject of a great deal of biological research, in part because of concerns that in addition to having unique physical properties…

Shape-memory polymers designed for biomedical applications

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are developing unique polymers, which change shape upon heating, to open blocked arteries, probe neurons in…

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