A novel technique for inducing a composite material to become stiffer and stronger when exposed to UV light could find use in future military rotorcraft.
26 April 2018
Researchers have created a water-based zinc battery that is simultaneously powerful, rechargeable and intrinsically safe.
24 April 2018
Soaking up metals improves carbon capture.
23 April 2018David Bradley
Using expired drugs to protect metals from corrosion could bring economic and environmental benefits.
23 April 2018
Thin, engineered material that controls the redirection and reflection of sound waves with near perfect efficiency.
20 April 2018Laurie Donaldson
Find out about the recipients of the 2018 Outstanding review awards from the Acta Journals.
19 April 2018
A novel alloy of iron, chromium and aluminum makes a safer cladding for nuclear fuel rods than conventional zirconium-containing alloys.
19 April 2018
An artificial intelligence system has discovered three new metallic glass materials 200 times faster than could be done before.
19 April 2018
High-quality lead-free films based on double perovskites with useful photovoltaic properties.
18 April 2018Laurie Donaldson
Sodium-ion electrolyte with newly discovered structure could be used in solid-state batteries.
18 April 2018Laurie Donaldson
Researchers have developed a smooth, durable, clear polymer coating that swiftly sheds water, oils, alcohols and even peanut butter.
17 April 2018
Using caffeine as a catalyst, researchers have devised a way to create gummy, biocompatible gels that could be used for medical applications.
17 April 2018
A novel database of inorganic thin-film materials for energy applications developed by NREL scientists contains more than 140,000 sample entries.
16 April 2018
A new material made of sodium, phosphorous, tin and sulfur, with a tetragonal crystal shape, should make an effective electrolyte in solid-state batteries.
16 April 2018
Physicists have induced magnetism in platinum by applying an electric field in a paramagnetic ionic liquid, creating a switchable 2D ferromagnet.
12 April 2018
Coating the anode with a solid-electrolyte interphase has allowed the creation of a rechargeable non-aqueous magnesium-metal battery.
10 April 2018
A novel method can produce linked networks of metal oxides, held together by boron, that possess interesting catalytic or electronic properties.
9 April 2018
Scientists have developed the first technique able to meld ions from up to eight different elements to form high entropy alloyed nanoparticles.
6 April 2018
A polymer thermal conductor with rigid, ordered monomer chains can conduct 10 times more heat than most commercially used polymers.
5 April 2018
Using a nanoparticle 'supersoap', scientists have developed a way to print three-dimensional structures composed entirely of liquids.
5 April 2018
Scientists created an electrically conducting crystal made from layers of iron and tin atoms, with each layer arranged in the pattern of a kagome lattice.
4 April 2018
When placed between the two electrodes of a lithium-metal battery, a graphene oxide 'nanosheet' can prevent the formation of lithium dendrites.
3 April 2018