Americans have long been promised high-speed rail, but to date, we're still far behind Europe and Asia when it comes to rolling stock. Now, we have one more train technology to envy our brethren ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. – Forward Operating Bases are typically surrounded by barbed wire, concrete barriers, gates, watchtowers and other infrastructures. A new material – aluminum foam – may be ...

Aluminum foam is used for applications that requires high level of energy and sound absorption characteristics. Researchers have developed an innovative process to make high strength cellular aluminum ...

(MENAFN- GetNews) Translucent Aluminum Foam is a special aluminum foam material that allows light to pass through through a uNi que porous structure and is commonly used in architecture, interior ...

Alusion™ ALFG-12.7-LM-2S - Lightweight panels, exterior facades, interior walls, ceilings, cabinets, doors, tabletops, furniture, showroom displays, lighting ...

When a speeding object strikes a piece of plastic foam such as polystyrene, the work required to crush the walls of the millions of air cells in the foam slows the object down. That’s why polystyrene ...

Metal foams, also called cellular materials, are metallic bodies with interdispersed voids called cells. They have a reputation for high strength, low density, and absorbing impact. This combination ...

The aluminum foam could cut the weight of ships by 30 percent. For an average sized freight vessel with a capacity of 7000 m³ this corresponds to a weight reduction of more than 1000 tons. * Less ...

Modular coatings for facades and enclosures typically deliver fast and efficient solutions. However, many times they lack richness and character since they are repeated infinitely, without relating to ...

Recently we covered advances in additive manufacturing of titanium foam structures for medical implants. In the discussion thread, our ever-astute readership recognized further applications of ...