Americans have long been promised high-speed rail, but to date, we're still far behind Europe and Asia when it comes to rolling stock. Now, we have one more train technology to envy our brethren ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. – Forward Operating Bases are typically surrounded by barbed wire, concrete barriers, gates, watchtowers and other infrastructures. A new material – aluminum foam – may be ...

Modular coatings for facades and enclosures typically deliver fast and efficient solutions. However, many times they lack richness and character since they are repeated infinitely, without relating to ...

How cool would it be if there was a material that couldn’t be cut or drilled into? You could make the baddest bike lock, the toughest-toed work boots, or the most secure door. Really, the list of ...

Researchers have developed aluminum foams using calcium carbonate, a low cost and easy to use foaming agent that could multiply the many applications of these materials in different sectors of ...

In 2021, the Foundry Seoul gallery and flagship Gucci store opened within one building located in Hannam-dong, one of Seoul's most lively districts. Foundry Seoul is an extension of the world-famous ...

North Carolina State University researchers have found that lightweight composite metal foams they had developed are effective at blocking X-rays, gamma rays, and neutron radiation, and are capable of ...

Recently we covered advances in additive manufacturing of titanium foam structures for medical implants. In the discussion thread, our ever-astute readership recognized further applications of ...

Aluminum foam is produced by adding foaming gas into liquid metal during re-melting of the aluminum material. The porous materials can be used for increase of structures stiffness and sound and heat ...