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A textile bag for bomb blast protection An international team of scientists has incorporated a shear thickening fluid into a bag to protect planes from bombs in passenger luggage.   |
Chemistry World
July 12, 2012
Jon Evans |
Why can we walk on custard? Being a mixture of cornflour and milk, with a dash of a vanilla essence, instant custard consists of a dense suspension of microscopic particles. Such suspensions are well known to harden on impact, but no one really knew why. |
Chemistry World
February 17, 2011
James Urquhart |
To thicken up runny liquids, add fluid Adding a small amount of an immiscible fluid to a suspension - solid particles dispersed in a fluid - tunes the consistency of the suspension. |
National Defense
August 2004
Sandra I. Erwin |
Army Researchers Optimistic About `Liquid Armor' After two decades of research, Army engineers may be getting closer to developing "liquid armor," which one day could be used to make military bulletproof garments. |
Technology Research News
December 1, 2004 |
Smart Dust Gets Magnetic One of the main challenges in making labs-on-a-chip is finding ways to control and mix tiny amounts of liquids. Researchers are using minuscule silicon particles to carry out these tasks. |
Reactive Reports
Issue 53
David Bradley |
Repulsive Particles Particles that one might expect to mutually repel somehow manage to form clusters in solution. This finding could be important for understanding how polymers become organized and improve the prospects of the burgeoning field of soft matter research. |
Chemistry World
April 22, 2014
Tim Wogan |
Graphene made in a kitchen blender Suspensions of high quality graphene can be produced quickly and cheaply using a common industrial mixer, researchers in Ireland have discovered. |
Bio-IT World
August 15, 2005
Salvatore Salamone |
NCI's Focus on Data Analysis A team of scientists developed an automated imaging workflow and analysis process to simplify the use of confocal microscopes, affording researchers a faster way to study details about cancer cells and tissues. |
Chemistry World
January 8, 2013
Phillip Broadwith |
Superomniphobic surface sees off non-Newtonian fluids A material that is equally good at repelling water, oil, concentrated acid and alkali solutions, and non-Newtonian fluids like polymer solutions has been created by chemists in the US. |
