Harder, better, stronger: Transport of the future rests on a rare-earth element
Lighter vehicles are becoming very appealing as plans for future transportation get made. For this reason and more, we could ...
Tag: composite materials
This biodegradable car is made of flax and runs on electricity
A car produced almost entirely out of biodegradable material is challenging the auto industry to shift its environmental efforts into ...
New strength and safety tests pit timber against concrete and steel
Thanks to innovative construction materials like cross laminated timber and laminated veneer lumber, wooden buildings are no longer mere houses ...
Judgment Day: Australian and Chinese engineers bring liquid metal to life
The liquid metal T-1000 might have felt advanced and futuristic when Terminator 2 first came out. But a group of ...
The world’s most used synthetic material is getting a makeover
A team of civil and materials engineers has developed micron-sized calcium silicate spheres they say could lead to stronger and ...
Australia set to play a big role in the future of advanced flight
Boeing’s Australian arm is contributing to its development of high-tech flight systems like autonomous planes and vertical takeoff . Here's ...
Wearable tech expands into nano-sized speakers and microphones
Wearable tech is on the rise, with applications in fields such as medicine and sport. A South Korean research team ...
Industry-driven protocol will help quantify fire risks from cladding
Combustible cladding, which caused Melbourne’s Lacrosse building and London’s Grenfell Tower fires, could be present in thousands of buildings across ...
Australians are on the job to make greener and more efficient solar cells
An Australian research team is on a mission to make renewable energy cheaper, greener and more efficient with their innovative ...
How one engineer is “fighting a good fight” against metal corrosion
Nick Birbilis finds the deterioration mechanism of a metal fascinating. His pioneering work in preserving metallic elements has won him ...
