Billions of years ago, Earth was home to extreme environments, including intense UV radiation, frequent volcanic eruptions, and very high concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Yet, under ...

A polyurethane foam system from BASF has reportedly enabled for the first time mass-production of an exterior car part featuring a honeycomb sandwich structure with a class-A film. Polyurethane-based ...

Negative stiffness honeycombs are a hexagonal cell structure that turns soft under pressure, but then resumes its resiliency without internal breakage. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Honeycomb structures have long tantalized engineers with high strength-to-weight ratios perfect for aircraft and satellites. But pristine configurations lack integrated ...