Horza2002 Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 http://www.gizmag.com/new-material-steel-plastic/18013/ Apparently, it is now possible to combine the strength of metals with the flexibility of plastics. However, these new materials still require large amounts of expensives metals for synthesis...even so, might be a useful intermediate along the way to developing organic polymers with the same strength properties. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icepeaks635 Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 this is good to hear. if we can find the investors, then we cud make one good discovery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forever13 Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 Graphene was a fantastic discovery - no big investment, no expectation, just curiosity? A business wouldn't necessarily have funded the research for graphene, but it's big business now. Is it a rare thing now, the permission and the time to be curious, what with the budget stick hitting us all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samneil Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 if we can find the investors, then we cud make one good discovery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jhnmichle Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 this is going a good innovation. science exploring new things rapidly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemur Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 Is it a rare thing now, the permission and the time to be curious, what with the budget stick hitting us all? Designers of educational methods should come up with ways to empower people who have been excluded from academic science due to budgeting restrictions to contribute to R&D. Many paying jobs require very little mental effort, leaving the mind free for other activities - why not harness creativity wasted in workplaces for science and engineering if the workers have the interest and ability? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mississippichem Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 http://www.gizmag.com/new-material-steel-plastic/18013/ Apparently, it is now possible to combine the strength of metals with the flexibility of plastics. However, these new materials still require large amounts of expensives metals for synthesis...even so, might be a useful intermediate along the way to developing organic polymers with the same strength properties. Horza, your organo-centrism is showing . Maybe they will be useful intermediates on the way to smart base metal materials . Just kidding, interesting article. I gotta take my opportunities to poke at you organic guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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