Researchers have manufactured nickel-titanium (Nitinol) alloys as a deformable, interwoven material, reportedly more similar ...

IMDEA and UPM have developed deformable woven nitinol metamaterials that combine metal strength with textile flexibility.

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. A metal that can move on its own will play a key role in NASA’s next voyage to Mars A metal that can move on its ...

At first glance, few materials would seem to have less in common than metals and textiles. And yet, by manufacturing nickel-titanium alloys as a highly deformable, interwoven material, more similar to ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Desktop Metal (NYSE: DM) and The University of Toledo Institute of Applied Engineering Research today announced a partnership to support the development of nickel-titanium ...

As an extremely versatile product, nickel-titanium (nitinol) has been in high demand for the production of various medical devices since well before the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Today, a ...

Another Kickstarter, another opportunity for people to get mad at delayed and poorly functioning (if delivered at all) gadgets. This project aims to make airless tires for bikes and scooters using ...

NitiBrite nitinol wire is processed using an oxide-removal technique that produces a smooth, shiny surface without the use of acid-based solutions. Going green by way of reducing the output of ...

A diagram shows how a thin film of patterned nitinol can be used to hold CAR T cells, with fibrin protein used as a binding agent. (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Graphic) Researchers at ...

NASA has been developing metal tires at its Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, for more than seven years, spending “several million dollars” in the process. Now, the space-age tires made from ...

What are the properties worth considering when selecting a particular metal alloy for a medical device? The short answer: any decision made on the mechanical, chemical and physical properties of metal ...