Penn State team win funding for materials origami

WIth a cut, a few folds and a piece of tape, this kirigami structure models what could be a shelter or a microfluidic channel.

Research could ultimately lead to a drug-delivery device, an emergency shelter, or even a space station.

Unconventional laser beams are in good shape

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Aside from the classical Gaussian intensity profiles, unconventional laser beam shapes open up new perspectives for technologically relevant areas such as deep-hole drilling, photopolymerization, and nanopatterning.

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Engineering Calculations and Materials Processing: Authors on Film

Authors on film

Two materials science authors, Diran Apelian and Arthur Morris, tell us a bit about their work and where they see it fitting in the wider field.