Engineered nanomaterials in aerospace. Aerospace applications have historically been a driver of advanced materials. The articles in this issue of MRS Bulletin review some of the more promising aerospace applications of nanomaterials with a focus on space applications. High-performance miniaturized propulsion will enable deep space exploration using small and inexpensive spacecraft, such as the shoebox-sized CubeSat illustrated on the cover thrusting toward Mars. These electric rockets are enabled by micro- and nanostructured materials. The image inset shows a scanning electron image of a dense array of tips microfabricated on a porous material from which high-energy ion beams are emitted to produce thrust. Images courtesy of Fernando Mier-Hicks and Corey Fucetola, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Space Propulsion Laboratory. See the technical theme that begins on page 804.
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Steven G. Louie receives 2015 Materials Theory Award
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Richard B. Kaner selected as MRS Medalist for synthesizing methods
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- 08 October 2015, pp. 876-877
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Chad A. Mirkin of Northwestern University to give plenary address at 2015 MRS Fall Meeting
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- 08 October 2015, pp. 877-879
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Cycle for Science: www.cycleforscience.org : www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed4txeUSlks
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- 08 October 2015, pp. 801-803
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Metals in Past Societies: A Global Perspective on Indigenous African Metallurgy Shadreck Chirikure: Springer, 2015 166 pages, $54.99 (e-book $39.99) ISBN 978-3-319-11640-2
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Nanostructured Carbon Materials for Catalysis Philippe Serp and Bruno Machado: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2015 570 pages, $226.45 ISBN 978-1-84973-909-2
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Micro and Nano Fabrication: Tools and Processes Hans H. Gatzen, Volker Saile, and Jürg Leuthold: Springer, 2015 519 pages, $99.00 (e-book $69.99) ISBN 978-3-662-44394-1
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LOOK AGAIN
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- 08 October 2015, p. 888
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CAREER CENTRAL
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- 08 October 2015, pp. 882-887
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MRS volume 40 issue 10 Cover and Front matter
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- 08 October 2015, pp. f1-f7
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MRS volume 40 issue 10 Cover and Back matter
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