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Nanospaced stacking faults improve the strength of magnesium alloys
Stronger, lightweight magnesium alloys have potential structural applications in the automobile and aerospace industries.
BASF and US institutes collaborate on new advanced materials center
Harvard University, MIT, and UMass Amherst to cooperate with company on “North American Center for Research on Advanced Materials”.
Pennsylvania College of Technology becomes North American GSPC distributor
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Up-and-coming young investigators in polymer physics
Free access to articles from tomorrow’s leaders in the latest special issue of the Journal of Polymer Science: Polymer Physics.
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Polyurethane composites replacing iron for manhole cover manufacture
Composite manhole covers utilizing Bayer polyurethane beginning to edge out traditional cast-iron covers.
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