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Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin

Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (HZB) operates two large facilities for materials research: the neutron source BER II and the synchrotron source BESSY II, which provide deep insights into the structure of materials and the processes within complex systems. Each year around 3,000 scientists are using the HZB infrastructures. One important focus of HZB research is thin film...

https://www.helmholtz-berlin.de/index_de.html
Material Selection and Processing

The University of Cambridge Department of Engineering operates a very informative site on material selection and processing. Its purpose is "to aid good practice in the selection of materials for product design." Of the many features offered on the site, a particularly valuable section is the Process Encyclopedia. This has a long list of manufacturing processes with detailed descriptions and...

http://www-materials.eng.cam.ac.uk/mpsite/default.html
Materials Research Science & Engineering Centers: Highlights

The National Science Foundation funds 26 Materials Research Science & Engineering Centers (MRSEC) and website highlights research conducted at the MRSECs at universities across the United States. The featured projects have been "selected with care and pride by the director of each MRSEC" and "represent samples of exemplary research at the Centers." Some examples include Cornell University's work...

https://mrsec.org/highlights/
MIT Center for Materials Science and Engineering

The MIT Center for Materials Science and Engineering "is devoted to the design, creation, and fundamental understanding of materials that are capable of enhancing the human experience." Visitors to this site can peruse the eight primary sections here, which include Facilities, Research, Highlights, and Connecting to Industry. In the Research area, visitors can learn about the Center's ongoing...

https://dmse.mit.edu
New Technology and Manufacturing Processes

New Technology and Manufacturing Processes is part of the Pittsburgh Supercomputer Center's (PSC's) annual report for 2002. It is comprised of fifteen articles that describe research and innovations at PSC during the year, including areas of Manufacturing Process Design, Semiconductor Design and Production, Design of New Materials, and Aerospace Engineering and Design. The articles are contributed...

https://www.psc.edu/
Research and Education in Materials Science and Nanotechnology

At the Lund Institute of Technology, the research group in Materials Science and Nanotechnology developed a Web site to describe its specialization "in inorganic synthesis and structural studies using high resolution electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction." Scientists can learn about the group's research in siliceous mesoporous materials, Ruthenates, and in other interpretations of crystals on...

http://www.materialkemi.lth.se/index.html
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The Pitch Drop Experiment

Listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's longest-running laboratory experiment, the Pitch Drop Experiment was inaugurated by Professor Thomas Parnell in 1927 to illustrate that everyday materials can behave in truly strange ways. To start, Dr. Parnell took a sample of pitch, a derivative of tar commonly used to seal boats, and heated it. He then poured it into a sealed stem and...

https://smp.uq.edu.au/pitch-drop-experiment
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Rogers Physical Chemistry Research Group

The Rogers research group at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign studies "soft materials for flexible 'macroelectronic' circuits, nanophotonic structures, microfluidic devices, and microelectromechanical systems." Researchers can learn the details about the group's four current research projects: plastic and molecular electronics, microfluidics and liquid crystals for photonics,...

https://rogersgroup.northwestern.edu/