Self-healing composite has good mechanical properties and can be produced by conventional processing tools.
28 November 2017Cordelia Sealy
Overcoming the technical challenges of achieving extreme fast charging for electric vehicles.
28 November 2017Laurie Donaldson
Oxygen-containing chemical species with biocidal properties are an alternative to conventional antibiotics, which are susceptible to resistance.
27 November 2017Cordelia Sealy
Synthetic microspheres with nanoscale holes that can absorb light at many frequencies have helped to reveal how leaf hoppers hide from predators.
24 November 2017
By taking advantage of electrostatic charge, scientists have induced synthetic polymers to self-assemble in a defined sequence, just like proteins.
24 November 2017
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23 November 2017
Scientists report major progress in developing a new type of lithium-ion battery that utilizes cathodes made with so-called ‘disordered’ materials.
22 November 2017
Researchers have developed a new technique for creating novel nanoporous materials with unique optical, magnetic, electronic and catalytic properties.
21 November 2017
A simple method for manufacturing extremely low-density palladium nanofoams could help advance hydrogen storage technologies.
20 November 2017
Inspired by the polymeric threads used by marine mussels, scientists have developed an elastomeric polymer that is both flexible and strong.
17 November 2017
Researchers have created a honeycomb material capable of frustrating the magnetic properties within it to produce a ‘quantum spin liquid’.
15 November 2017
Treating a perovoskite catalyst with heat or chemicals causes different atoms to segregate on the surface and catalyse different reactions.
13 November 2017
For the first time, researchers have developed a way to create atomically thin metal oxide layers that don't exist naturally.
13 November 2017
Microchip improves our understanding of the process of extracting hydrogen from water.
10 November 2017Laurie Donaldson
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10 November 2017
Scientists have determined what kind of carbon nanotubes produce the best fibers and developed a novel method for purifying them.
10 November 2017
Harvesting energy from body heat to drive wearable thermoelectric generators.
9 November 2017Laurie Donaldson
Novel nanocomposite harnesses water flow and sunlight to break up organic pollutants.
8 November 2017Cordelia Sealy
Doping 2D materials with other elements can not only alter their mechanical and electrical properties, but can also make them magnetic.
7 November 2017
Prototype photodetector with double the efficiency of standard models.
3 November 2017Laurie Donaldson
How cephalopods control their texture influences new stretchable material.
3 November 2017Laurie Donaldson
A self-formed, flexible, hybrid solid-electrolyte interphase layer solves many of the problems that currently bedevil lithium-sulfur batteries.
2 November 2017
Inspired by the octopus, engineers have developed polymer-based stretchable surfaces with programmable 3D texture morphing.
2 November 2017