Researchers have taken inspiration from the mechanics of natural structures like seashells in order to significantly increase the toughness of glass.
30 January 2014
A Kansas State University engineer has made a breakthrough in rechargeable battery applications.
30 January 2014
Professor of Chemistry Jason Benedict, PhD, and his team at the University at Buffalo reported on the creation of the new material called UBMOF-1.
28 January 2014
Physicists from (FUW) show their method in new ways to form quantum dots that contain single magnetic ions.
28 January 2014
A new type of electrical generator uses bacterial spores to harness the untapped power of evaporating water, according to research.
27 January 2014
Scientists have been able to switch on and off robust ferromagnetism close to room temperature by using low electric fields.
27 January 2014
Researchers have taken the first steps in a project to develop fast-blinking LED systems for underwater optical communications.
24 January 2014
A new method could eventually find applications from nondestructive testing of materials to sound suppression.
24 January 2014
Researchers have developed a “process friendly” technique that would enable the cooling of microprocessor chips through carbon nanotubes.
23 January 2014
Researchers have developed a new technique that accounts for that movement and eliminates the distortion from the finished product.
23 January 2014
Researchers at MIT have come up with a new approach to transparent displays that can have significant advantages over existing systems.
21 January 2014
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have demonstrated broadband terahertz (THz) wave generation using metamaterials.
21 January 2014
Synthetic biology special issue published in the journal Chemical Engineering Science
21 January 2014
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21 January 2014
Researchers have pioneered a new technique for forming a two-dimensional, single-atom sheet of two different materials with a seamless boundary.
20 January 2014
Access a special issue of Polymer, focusing on porous polymers.
17 January 2014
Researchers compared the collective responses of the motor proteins to variations in motor numbers and cargo sizes.
17 January 2014
Duke University researchers have demonstrated the feasibility of wireless power transfer using low-frequency magnetic fields.
17 January 2014
Two university research teams have worked together to produce the world’s fastest thin-film organic transistors.
16 January 2014
A "hybrid" anode developed at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory could quadruple the life of lithium-sulfur batteries.
16 January 2014
The MATLAB figure viewer is now available in over 100 Elsevier journals, spanning materials science, computer science, engineering and more.
15 January 2014
A new study on the nature of the interactions between halogen atoms in such various materials points to the possibility of designing bendy crystals.
14 January 2014David Bradley
The team has now demonstrated how a numerical simulation allows them to extract 3D data by combining diffraction patterns.
14 January 2014David Bradley
The birthplace of the digital computer, ENIAC, is using this technology in the rebirth of analog computing.
10 January 2014
A new method for analysing biological samples based on their chemical makeup is set to transform the way medical scientists examine diseased tissue.
10 January 2014
Researchers at ETH are developing electronic components that are thinner and more flexible than before.
9 January 2014
Researchers in the United States have suggested an alternative way to allocate science funding.
9 January 2014
Engineers hope a new type of vaccine shown to work in mice will one day make it cheaper and easy to manufacture on-demand vaccines for humans.
8 January 2014
A team has developed a new X-ray holography method that will enable snap-shots of dynamic processes at highest spatial resolution.
8 January 2014
Researchers have developed a technique for creating nanoparticles that carry two different cancer-killing drugs into the body.
7 January 2014
Researchers have found an easy way to modify the molecular structure of a polymer commonly used in solar cells.
7 January 2014
A team of scientists from NUS has successfully developed a method to chemically exfoliate molybdenum disulfide crystals.
6 January 2014
Researchers are abandoning hunches and intuition to discover cheaper materials that mimic their purer, more expensive counterparts.
6 January 2014
New research reveals a new method that allows both the growth and transfer steps of graphene on a silicon wafer.
3 January 2014
We look over the best materials science news items that are the most read over the month of December 2013.
2 January 2014Zara Preston
Despite extensive research, materials providing lossless conduction of electricity at room temperature are missing up to now.
2 January 2014
Researchers have developed a way to microscopically view battery electrodes while they are bathed in wet electrolytes.
2 January 2014