SpringerOpen at the Materials Research Society Spring 2015 meeting
I have personally attended nearly all of the Materials Research Society exhibits over the last ten years. They run two big meetings with exhibits every year—one in the spring, right after Easter, and...
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Balloon angioplasty better, according to materials modeling
Which kind of angioplasty balloon works better—rubber or folded? Using the finite element method, materials researchers at the Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering in the UK have...
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Vibration dampening with honeycomb materials
Honeycomb structures can absorb great amounts of mechanical energy, but with one major drawback. Traditional honeycomb materials deform when they absorb their peak energy, making them one-use. Think of...
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SpringerPlus to receive an Impact Factor!
The SpringerPlus Team & Board of Editors are proud to announce that SpringerPlus has been accepted for indexing by Thomson Reuters. The Journal will be listed in SCIE (ISI Web of Science), the...
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The Materials Data Challenge and Integrating Materials and Manufacturing...
(Guest post by Chuck Ward, Editor of Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation.) Chuck Ward In an effort to acquire new materials knowledge from existing sources, the Air Force Research...
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Materials Research Society Fall day 1
Thanksgiving has just passed and the December shopping season is in full swing. That must mean it’s time for the Materials Research Society Fall Meeting in Boston again. I’m excited as always to be...
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SpringerOpen materials science
Today (December 3) is the final day of the Materials Research Society Fall 2015 meeting in Boston. (We’re still open, at Springer/SpringerOpen booth 100 and Nature booth 126, until 1:30.) On this...
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Another Materials Research Society meeting
We—SpringerOpen materials science (and Springer materials science)—are once again going to be at the Materials Research Society Spring meeting this week. What’s different, of course, is that this time...
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Impressions from the Materials Research Society Spring meeting
I’m writing this about halfway through the first exhibit day of the Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring 2016 (although this post will go live on the morning of the final day). The MRS changed a few...
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Getting ready for another Materials Research Society meeting
There is a chill in the air and holiday lights have begun to appear in Boston. That means it’s time for the Materials Research Society Fall meeting again. This year, we’ve got a lot to talk about....
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Future heritage: rapid prototyping or rapid decay?
At UCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage (ISH), heritage scientists are looking ahead and teaming up with artists to ensure that digitally born art will survive. While our society is going through a...
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Materials Research Society Fall 2016 begins
By the time this post appears, the Springer Nature booth(s) at the Materials Research Society Fall meeting in Boston will already be open for business. As I mentioned in my last post about this,...
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Open access and materials science—a quiz to test perceptions
Get Started! Your Score: Your Ranking: The post Open access and materials science—a quiz to test perceptions appeared first on SpringerOpen blog.
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Nano Convergence
Because so many phenomena happen at the Nanoscale (10-9 meters), convergence can apply especially well to nanoscience. Our journal, Nano Convergence takes as its purpose applying the convergence...
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Functional Composite Materials open for submissions
Composite materials are made up of two or more materials and have properties that are significantly different from the constituent parts. Such materials already have a wide range of uses, particularly...
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An interview with the Editors of Fashion and Textiles
The journal Fashion and Textiles lies at the intersection of physical science, social science and business. It publishes research in such diverse topics as 3D printing in fashion, dye manufacture, and...
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