Afsaneh Rabiei checks on metallic foam created in her lab. (Credit: Rabiei/North Carolina State University) The word foam doesn't necessarily convey strength, but seeing a bullet explode upon impact ...

Humans have a long history of working with metals, from the first metalworkers who made steel to the scientists who make higher-quality metal alloys and play with metal-based structures. Now, thanks ...

The Metal Foams market in the U.S. is estimated at US$23 Million in the year 2020. China, the world`s second largest economy, is forecast to reach a projected market size of US$22.9 Million by the ...

How do you stop bullets using the lightest material possible? This question has inspired a string of fascinating breakthroughs from material scientists in pursuit of advanced lightweight armor that ...

If you own a pair of white shoes or have ever tried to remove crayon from a wall, you're probably thankful for melamine sponges. These products practically erase tough stains and scuffs through their ...

(Nanowerk News) Strong enough not only for use in impact protection systems in cars, but able to absorb the shock waves produced by a detonation. Those are just some of the properties shown by the ...

Having literally risen from the ashes of a ruined experiment, Bryce C. Tappan's nanoporous metallic foams are veritable phoenixes of chemical research. With their ultralow density and remarkably high ...

Nature’s porous materials, bone, coral and cork, are synonymous with strong and lightweight structures. Driven by the prospect of producing a family of materials with unique combinations of properties ...

The above block of foam is less than an inch thick. A bullet shouldn’t have any problem punching through that, right? Wrong. Meet composite metal foams, one of the materials of the future. Metal foams ...

Professor Afsaneh Rabiei heads up the Advanced Material Research Lab at North Carolina State University where she is developing a breakthrough metal product known as a composite metal foam (CMF). The ...

Back in 2014, we heard how scientists from Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research had developed a wood-based foam that could be used as eco-friendly insulation. Now, they've combined it with ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...