The stir casting technique is one of the most commonly used and economical composite fabrication methods. Different reinforcing additives, such as boron carbide, can increase the structural strength ...

Boron Carbide (B4C) is well known for its’ hardness and has been a material of great interest for the defeat of ballistic threats. However, above a critical pressure, the B4C undergoes phase collapse, ...

Can theory and computation methods help the search for the best divertor material and thus contribute to making fusion energy ...

Nuclear fusion could be an ideal solution to mankind's energy problem, guaranteeing a virtually limitless source of power ...

To combat tungsten sputtering in tokamaks, researchers have developed a method using boron powder to protect the plasma, demonstrated effectively in global experiments and supported by new computer ...

Deter thieves and other bad elements with a robust, hard-to-hack padlock. We tested 11 highly-rated options and found the ...

Color centers in wide bandgap materials such as diamond, silicon carbide, or novel 2D materials like hexagonal boron nitride have recently garnered significant interest in the field of quantum ...

Journal: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment ...

Ken Wade recalls his own undistinguished part in the space race, and notes how carboranes revitalized boron hydride chemistry and modified our ideas of chemical bonding. In the 1950s, during the ...