Researchers at the University of Rochester have built solar desalination panels from laser-etched metal that convert seawater ...
Space is a vacuum. Heat therefore cannot be transferred to the surroundings by thermal conduction. This poses a problem for ...
A sheet of aluminum, etched with billions of microscopic grooves by a femtosecond laser, sat angled toward the sun in a ...
Fiber lasers aren’t nearly as common as their diode and CO2 cousins, but if you’re lucky enough to have one in your garage or local makerspace, this technique for depositing thin films of metals in ...
Keeping satellites cool in space is a major challenge. Unlike on Earth, where heat can escape into the surrounding air, space ...
Researchers used femtosecond laser direct writing to program Leidenfrost droplet motion on heated aluminum surfaces through ...
Like modern-day alchemists, metallurgists are constantly discovering and perfecting recipes for better alloys. A crucial step ...
Earth’s gravity has long dictated how we build, but a University of Florida engineering team is determined to rewrite the rules – by leaving the planet behind altogether. Associate Professor Victoria ...
Friction stir welding (FSW) is not necessarily a new welding process, but the implementation of it was slowed significantly ...