The tonnage necessary to bend 1 ft. does not double at 2 ft. but instead may increase by two-and-a-half to three times. As ...

We will look at a very easy experiment that provides lots of information about the strength or the mechanical behavior of a material, called the tensile test. The basic idea of a tensile test is to ...

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Iron castings are essential components in countless industries, from automotive to heavy machinery, thanks to their strength, ...

By adding chitosan and borate buffer, the researchers were also able to enhance the fibers’ strength and adhesiveness. This ...

Credit: Marco Lo Presti/Tufts University/Cover Images Scientists have engineered a new material that mimics Spider-Man's ...

In a recent breakthrough, researchers have utilized a one-step tension-assisted twisting (TAT) method to fabricate bacterial ...

It sounds like something out of a comic book: a material that shoots from a needle and solidifies into a fiber capable of ...