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Material prices increased 3.1% in February, year-over-year, according to the Producer Price Index recently released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Prices are up 1.3% since January. Inputs to ...

Infrared cameras inform a convolutional neural network that determines the melt-fraction level of phase change materials.

Engineers at Oxford University have developed a rapid, ultra-low-cost method for manufacturing soft robots using common lab ...

Researchers from Skoltech Engineering Center's Hierarchically Structured Materials Laboratory have developed a new method to determine the porosity of fibrous materials using a single image taken with ...

Understanding the properties of different materials is an important step in material design. X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) is an important technique for this, as it reveals detailed insights ...

Learn how savvy entrepreneurs are using science-backed strategies — and even AI — to make fewer, smarter choices and reclaim their brainpower. Start by standardizing small, inconsequential decisions.

Looking to classical architecture, we find longstanding precedents for material authenticity. Stone in Gothic churches, marble in the Parthenon, and timber in Japanese temples were not superficial ...

With additive manufacturing, used to build this heat exchanger, one key is to do prototyping for the part and then see whether additive or subtractive manufacturing is the better choice of manufacture ...