Materials

Credit: ITMO University A new approach to trapping light in artificial photonic materials by a City College of New York-led team could lead to a tremendous boost in the transfer speed of data online. Research into topological…

An existing technique is better suited to describing superconductivity in pure, single-layer graphene than current methods Made up of 2D sheets of carbon atoms arranged in honeycomb lattices, graphene has been intensively studied in recent…

Researchers at the University of Bayreuth discover unique multifibrillar fibresCredit: © University of Bayreuth / Rennecke. Strong and tough yet as light as a feather - materials with this exceptional combination of properties…

Scientists at Berkeley Lab convert diamonds' atomic flaws into atomic sensors with front-row seats to a quantum world of materials under extreme pressureCredit: Norman Yao/Berkeley Lab; Ella Marushchenko Since their invention more than…

Six international teams took part in the innovative international projectCredit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University The final forum was held at Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University, where…

Credit: Image by Shuichi Hiraoka, CC-BY-ND The process of building a tiny cube has revealed some of the fundamental mysteries of how molecules bind together in natural environments. Researchers hope to apply this knowledge to…

Inside the giant engines in the world's largest ships are huge heat exchangers made of cast iron; for the first time, a new project is looking for an inexpensive composite substitute for the classical iron components, which can cost vast…

Credit: Marin Soljači Research Group More than one hundred and fifty years have passed since the publication of James Clerk Maxwell's "A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field" (1865). What would our lives be without…

CORVALLIS, Ore. - An international team co-led by an Oregon State University chemistry researcher has uncovered a better way to scrub carbon dioxide from smokestack emissions, which could be a key to mitigating global climate change.…

Credit: Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) Researchers in Korea have found an effective and inexpensive strategy to transform solar cells from opaque to transparent. Existing transparent solar cells tend to…