Reinforced building panel resists structural damage

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Habib Dagher, the director of the US's Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center, and William Davids, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, have created a reinforced building panel that can increase the strength of a typical house's walls by as much as 20 percent. This technique will help to reduce the damage occurring by earthquakes and hurricanes.

Earthquake resistant design

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Synthetic material absorbs mercury in wastewater

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Highly porous silica is developed by the researchers at the Pacific North-west National Laboratory which, when treated with thiol, has the ability to capture mercury ions in wastewater. The features of thiol attract mercury ions and ignore other ions in the wastewater.

Science & research, Primary nonferrous metals, not elsewhere classified, Primary Smelting and Refining of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum), Pollutants produced & recycled, Mercury, Research, Methods, Waste management, Mercury (Metal), Sewage treatment

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Glassy metals may be the structural material of the future

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William Johnson, a professor of materials science at the California Institute of Technology, developed a substance called glassy metal-or amorphous metal-in his lab in Pasadena. The properties, benefits and drawbacks of glassy metals are discussed.

Primary Metal Manufacturing, PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES, Amorphous Metals, Evaluation, Metallic glasses

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