Unsinkable metal discovery could build safer ships and harvest wave energy

Being denser than water, the metal sinks—ask any child. A team at the University of Rochester has etched aluminum tubes so ...
Scientific American

Spiders taught scientists how to make unsinkable metal

Researchers mimicked the air-trapping tricks of diving bell spiders to create aluminum that stays afloat—even when punctured ...
IEEE

Aluminum Nitride Lamb Wave Delay Lines With Sub-6 dB Insertion Loss

Abstract: We present a group of low-loss Lamb mode acoustic delay lines in an aluminum nitride (AlN) thin film. The low-loss acoustic delay lines are enabled by the thickness-field-excited ...
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Aluminium breakthrough points to near-unsinkable vessels

A materials engineering breakthrough that allows perforated aluminium structures to float indefinitely is prompting fresh ...