Scientists have created the first machine learning method for predicting the properties of new metals, ceramics and other crystalline materials.
27 July 2017
Find out who will receive one of the 2016 Acta student awards.
27 July 2017Christopher A. Schuh
By depositing bismuth onto a silicon carbide substrate, scientists have created a topological insulator that can work at room temperatures.
27 July 2017
Scientists have increased the stiffness, or ‘elastic modulus’, of a soft silicon-based polymer by infusing it with tiny pockets of liquid gallium.
27 July 2017
Scientists have found evidence for a new type of electron pairing that may broaden the search for new high-temperature superconductors.
24 July 2017
A novel manganese and sodium-ion-based material could replace lithium-based electrodes in rechargeable batteries.
24 July 2017
The World Science Festival and Annals of Physics join forces at an event at Columbia University.
24 July 2017Marc Chahin
A combination of experimental and theoretical methods has revealed evidence of superconductivity on ultrathin lithium titanate films.
21 July 2017
Submit your article to a Special issue in Materials Discovery.
13 July 2017
Scientists have created a novel 2D material in which electrons travel in one direction with one type of spin, which could be useful for spintronics.
12 July 2017
Read about Materials Today's efforts to promote researcher's data.
11 July 2017Cordelia Sealy, Joe d'Angelo and Anita de Waard
A new low-temperature catalyst can produce high-purity hydrogen gas while simultaneously using up carbon monoxide.
10 July 2017
Scientists have made theoretically-predicted heterostructural alloys, blends of compounds that don't share the same atomic arrangement.
7 July 2017
A novel nickel oxide compound is an unconventional but promising candidate material for high-temperature superconductivity.
6 July 2017
A new semiconductor alloy that can capture near-infrared light could improve the efficiency and reduce the cost of concentrator photovoltaics.
6 July 2017
A new way to create previously 'unrealistic' alloys with thin films could form the basis for next-generation semiconductors.
3 July 2017