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  New titanium gold alloy four times harder than most steels

  July 27, 2016 by Design Engineering staff Rice university researchers say new allow could set new standard for bio-medical implants.

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  Engineers discover strongest natural material

  February 25, 2015 by Mike McLeod Research shows limpet teeth rival spider silk in tensile strength regardless of structure size.

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  Design Engineering’s top 10 stories of 2014

  December 17, 2014 by Mike McLeod DE’s most popular engineering news items of the year reflect readers’ fascination with 3D printing, material science and warp drive.

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  Grafoid opens 225,000-sq-ft. graphene research, production center in Kingston, ON

  August 29, 2014 by Design Engineering Staff Ottawa-based company to develop graphene for 3D printing, rechargeable batteries and other technologies.

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  Engineers create self-healing fiber-based composites

  April 16, 2014 by Mike McLeod Microvascularized system repeatedly repairs internal cracks automatically.

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  Stronger steel with a twist

  April 9, 2014 by Mike McLeod Material scientists double TWIP steel's strength without loss of ductility.

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  Canadian super-glass bends but doesn’t break

  January 29, 2014 by Mike McLeod McGill University engineers mimic mollusk shell structure to make common glass 200 times tougher.

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  Queen’s U developed coating to banish smudgy touchscreens

  March 26, 2013 by Design Engineering Staff Queen’s university researcher’s fingerprint-resistant coating receives OCE funding.

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  Researchers capture first images of atoms

  March 8, 2012 by Design Engineering Staff Ultra-fast camera captures nitrogen atom, paves path toward atomic-scale chemistry.

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  Super strong steel in 10 seconds

  June 10, 2011 by Mike McLeod Ohio University metallurgists confirm “impossible” strength, elongation and ductility properties imparted by new tempering process.

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