(Nanowerk News) Extreme conditions prevail inside stars and planets. The pressure reaches millions of bars, and it can be several million degrees hot. Sophisticated methods make it possible to create ...

Artistic view of the imploding wire: a strong current of high-energy electrons (pink) heats up the surface, thus driving subsequent shockwaves which compress the wire radially. Extreme conditions ...

A Bloomington-based food supplier is recalling some of its products after a thin, wire-like metal was recently discovered by school employees. Hoyo, SBC, recalled 1,046 pounds of ready-to-eat beef ...

Thin, semiconducting wires have attracted much recent attention in physics – both in experiments and theoretical analysis. Named ‘quantum wires,’ these structures are often coated in insulating ...

Micro-Tech Endoscopy launched its LesionHunter cold snare, a cold snare with an ultra-thin nitinol wire designed to advance polypectomy, the company said Nov. 18. The snare’s wire material provides ...