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3-D Printing, Now in Stainless Steel

Stainless Steel Moebius Strip courtesy ShapewaysYou can stop pounding on that anvil now; steel fabrication has moved onto the web. Shapeways, a company that made its name offering custom 3-D printing...

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Green Dream: Fun With Tons of Steel!

The Green Dream Grows ... John B. Carnett View Photo GalleryWith the first-floor walls poured, it's time to erect the structure for the rest of the house before my panels show up. Does this look a...

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Super-Strong German Steel Velcro: Not for Sneakers

Velcro of Steel So strong, yet still removable TUM Institute of Metal Forming and Casting (utg) Velcro has proved plenty useful as a quick fastener on shoes and other household items, but lacks the...

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The Secret To Beautiful Steel is Found at the Bowling Alley?

The Makings of a Butcher's Wax Finish Vin Marshall Steel just as it comes from the steel yard looks undeniably cool. If you leave it that way though, you'll be treated to a rusty piece of metal in...

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Electromagnetic Pulse Cuts Through Steel In 200 Milliseconds

The Riddle of Steel Freedom Steel InternationalCutting through solid steel with flaming bacon certainly has its appeal, but for large-scale industrial processes, the Fraunhofer institute thinks...

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Get Medieval: How to Build a Metal Forge

Propane Forge The forge, assembled. Vin Marshall Forging steel is significant for several reasons. It's one of the oldest metal-forming operations in existence. Blacksmiths throughout history have...

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Lightweight Ceramic Coatings Based on Abalone Shells Could Form Tough Armor...

Abalone Armor Paper-thin armor courtesy of nature Andreas Walther Buildings or commercial jetliners could soon get a protective coating of shatter-resistant armor similar to the material lining...

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New Use for Cigarette Butts Makes Them Suddenly Worth the Cost of Recycling

Save Your Butts SillyputtyenemiesA message from Chinese scientists: "Stop throwing out your cigarette butts!" Researchers have devised a financially viable process for recycling cigarette leftovers to...

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New Manufacturing Process Builds A Nylon Bike As Strong As Steel

Nylon Airbike EADS via Eureka Engineers in the UK have designed a new manufacturing process using powdered materials, using it to "grow" a weird ivory-colored bicycle made of nylon. They say it is as...

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New Graphene Material is Paper-Thin and Ten Times Stronger Than Steel

Graphene Paper Lisa Aloisio via UTSResearchers at the University of Technology Sydney have created a new material that is lighter, less dense, harder, and stronger than steel. But this material isn't...

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Microscopically Structuring Steel Like Bamboo Makes It Stronger Yet More...

The experimental steel is made of grains that go from small to large Yuntian Zhu People's teeth and bamboo stalks may not seem very durable compared to bars of steel. But, a new series of experiments...

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3-D Printing, Now in Stainless Steel

You can stop pounding on that anvil now; steel fabrication has moved onto the web. Shapeways, a company that made its name offering custom 3-D printing in plastic and resin,…

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Green Dream: Fun With Tons of Steel!

With the first-floor walls poured, it's time to erect the structure for the rest of the house before my panels show up. Does this look a little overbuilt? Well, there's a…

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The Secret To Beautiful Steel is Found at the Bowling Alley?

Steel just as it comes from the steel yard looks undeniably cool. If you leave it that way though, you'll be treated to a rusty piece of metal in short order, as the iron in…

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Electromagnetic Pulse Cuts Through Steel In 200 Milliseconds

certainly has its appeal, but for large-scale industrial processes, the Fraunhofer institute thinks [electromagnetic pulses](…

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Get Medieval: How to Build a Metal Forge

Forging steel is significant for several reasons. It's one of the oldest metal-forming operations in existence. Blacksmiths throughout history have (and continue to) forge…

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Lightweight Ceramic Coatings Based on Abalone Shells Could Form Tough Armor...

Buildings or commercial jetliners could soon get a protective coating of shatter-resistant armor similar to the material lining abalone shells. Finnish researchers have…

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New Use for Cigarette Butts Makes Them Suddenly Worth the Cost of Recycling

A message from Chinese scientists: "Stop throwing out your cigarette butts!" Researchers have devised a financially viable process for recycling cigarette leftovers to…

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New Graphene Material is Paper-Thin and Ten Times Stronger Than Steel

Researchers at the University of Technology Sydney have created a new material that is lighter, less dense, harder, and stronger than steel. But this material isn’t one of…

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Microscopically Structuring Steel Like Bamboo Makes It Stronger Yet More...

People's teeth and bamboo stalks may not seem very durable compared to bars of steel. But, a new series of experiments finds, making metals mimic those materials could improve metals' endurance and...

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