Materials

Credit: FEFU press office Physicists from Russia, Chile, Brazil, Spain, and the UK, have studied how the magnetic properties change in 3D nanowires, promising materials for various magnetic applications, depending on the shape of their…

Quantum science advancement could help lead to powerful spintronic devices, such as semiconductors and quantum computersCredit: University at Buffalo. BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Graphene is incredibly strong, lightweight, conductive ... the…

New research throws wide open the amount of information that can be simultaneously transmitted by a single light sourceCredit: Image courtesy Boubacar Kanté Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have found a new way to…

Rice University models help ID materials for advanced electronics, computer memoriesCredit: Sunny Gupta/Rice University HOUSTON - (Feb. 25, 2021) - A new theory by Rice University scientists could boost the growing field of…

Graphene Flagship researchers boost the efficiency of conductive inks and devices connecting layered materials flakes with small moleculesCredit: University of Strasbourg The exfoliation of graphite into graphene layers…

Credit: Dr. Steve Lustig ADELPHI, Md. -- Army researchers reached a breakthrough in the nascent science of two-dimensional polymers thanks to a collaborative program that enlists the help of lead scientists and engineers across…

A 20% shift in beverage sales from small to medium-sized plastic bottles could reduce the production of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste in the USA by over 9,000 tonnes annually, a study in Scientific Reports suggests. PET is the…

Scientists explain the large variability in reported data on microplastics concentration in edible saltCredit: Incheon National University Just as environmentally conscious scientists predicted, our excessive use of plastics is coming…

Credit: (Source: IFJ PAN) Materials impossible to obtain with existing methods can be produced using a solid, nanostructured silica solvent. Scientists from the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Cracow…

Credit: KV Agrawal, EPFL. One of the main culprits of global warming is the vast amount of carbon dioxide pumped out into the atmosphere mostly from burning fossil fuels and the production of steel and cement. In response, scientists…

New method could advance next-generation applications in medicine, cosmetics, and petroleum recoveryCredit: Paul Ashby and Tom Russell/Berkeley Lab and Science Advances Liquid structures - liquid droplets that maintain a specific shape -…

Shape-changing scaffold for tissue engineeringCredit: Yu Bin Lee New hydrogel-based materials that can change shape in response to psychological stimuli, such as water, could be the next generation of materials used to bioengineer…

Department of Defense project will create AI-materials tools to design recipes for a new class of materials tailored to super-hard, high-temperature applicationsCredit: Duke University A nationwide collaboration led by researchers at…

The next generation of supercomputers - including quantum computers - is at a crucial point: Tomorrow's high-performance computers are at their physical limit in terms of miniaturization of their components; at the same time, they must be…

An international team has shown through a sensational experiment how diverse the possibilities for employing synchrotron light sources are.Credit: Tsinghua University The most modern light sources for research are based on particle…

Credit: Mutian Hua, Shuwang Wu, and Ximin He/UCLA UCLA materials scientists and their colleagues have developed a new method to make synthetic biomaterials that mimic the internal structure, stretchiness, strength and durability…

Credit: Copyright: Jülich Aachen Research Alliance (JARA) The quantum computer race is in full swing. Germany has long been one of the world leaders in basic research. An alliance between Forschungszentrum Jülich and the…

Tufts biomedical engineer and researcher is recognized for his contributions to silk-based materials for tissue engineering and regenerative medicineCredit: Alonso Nichols David Kaplan, the Stern Family Professor of Engineering, a…

The award has gone in this thirteenth edition to the two scientists who developed new nanomaterials with applications in solar energy and cutting-edge electronicsCredit: BBVA FOUNDATION The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge…

Insights into a novel environment friendly method of polymerization involving non-metallic organocatalysts opens doors to efficient polymeric productsCredit: Photo courtesy: Dr. Koji Takagi of Nagoya Institute of Technology Many…