18+ hour, 41+ min ago  (184+ words) Eurek Alert! Papyrus-inspired biomimetic lattice designs for enhanced mechanical performance Credit: HIGHER EDUCATION PRESS Conventional lattice metamaterials have long been limited by severe stress concentration at nodal junctions, leading to premature failure. Drawing inspiration from papyrus culms'which exhibit a distinctive…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (106+ words) Eurek Alert! JINGDEZHEN PORCELAIN 'SOLDIER/ DRAGOON VASE' FROM THE QIANLONG PERIOD (17351795), which continues to preside over the official banquets of the Kings of Spain today. H: 130 cm. PATRIMONIO NACIONAL (SPANISH NATIONAL HERITAGE). Credit must be given to the creator. Only noncommercial uses…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (75+ words) Chair of the'Board,'J'rgen Berge is pleased with the appointment. Credit must be given to the creator. No derivatives or adaptations of the work are permitted. Kjetil Rydland Ui T The Arctic University of Norway kjetil. rydland@uit. no Paul…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (86+ words) Odeon (IMAGE) Eurek Alert! Left: The painting depicts a corner of Munich's Odeonsplatz, with the Bavarian flag flying over the square. X-ray fluorescence analysis shows where areas have been overpainted with titanium white. Right: False-colour representation of the reconstructed painting…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (32+ words) (IMAGE) Eurek Alert! The label example, icon plus text More on this News Release Warning labels on restaurant menus steer diners from sweets, UC Davis research suggests...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (289+ words) Has presented the first volume of the "Encyclopaedia of Ceramic Technology", a work that brings together the scientific foundations underpinning the current manufacture of white ceramic products Credit: Universitat Jaume I of Castell'n Beyond its academic and technological significance, the…...

1+ mon, 17+ hour ago  (129+ words) WVU researchers previously discovered that acid mine drainage seeping from retired coal mines contains critical materials called rare earth elements. The University is launching the WVU Rare Earth Elements Initiative and a for-profit startup called Mission Critical Materials to expand…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (63+ words) (IMAGE) Eurek Alert! At Hasanuddin University, Indonesia, Prof. Dahlang Tahir, and his team are designing advanced nanoscale materials to develop sustainable solutions that impact health and society. "Bion-RG for Life" by Material & Energy Laboratory via Bionanocomposite Research Group, Hasanuddin University…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (90+ words) This study demonstrates a paper-sacrifice-templated fabrication of flexible, freestanding, sandwich-structured photonic crystal films/tapes through a sequential process involving: (1) evaporation-induced self-assembly of PC layers, (2) top-side polymer encapsulation, (3) substrate peeling, and (4) bottom-side polymer encapsulation. The resulting PC films/tapes exhibit tunable…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (63+ words) 3 D-Printed Acoustic Metasurface (IMAGE) Eurek Alert! Researchers from Penn State have created a 3 D-printed speaker covering that can tightly focus sound waves into a tiny point in space, like a magnifying glass focusing a beam of light. Provided by Jee…...