In a First, Scientists Have Observed Metal That Can Self-Heal
If you’ve seen the Terminator movies, you may remember the shape-shifting humanoid robot T-1000.
If you’ve seen the Terminator movies, you may remember the shape-shifting humanoid robot T-1000.
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William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, once said that what he could measure he could control.
For most discrete manufacturing companies, digital transformation initiatives are underway in some capacity. They’re largely seen as table stakes in today’s economy.
Getting blood test results can take anywhere from a day to a week, depending on what a test is targeting. The same goes for tests of water pollution and food contamination.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines can
NIST researcher Dan Barker checks on the CAVS setup in the lab. Credit: NIST.
A vacuum chamber is never perfectly empty. A small number of atoms or molecules always remains, and measuring the tiny pressures they exert is critical.
Ever since the Industrial Revolution, people have feared that technology would take away their jobs. While some jobs and tasks have indeed been replaced by machines, others have emerged.
When a Manhattan parking garage collapsed in April 2023, rescuers were reluctant to stay in the damaged building, fearing further danger.
Engineers are constantly searching for materials with novel, desirable property combinations.