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Novel titanium alloy produces infection-resistant implants

A novel titanium alloy with tantalum and copper can produce surgical implants that kill 87% of the bacteria that cause staph infections.

23 November 2023

Defects engineer fracture resistance in 2D materials

vacancies can be used to engineer the mechanical toughness and fracture behavior of transition metal dichalcogenides

21 November 2023Cordelia Sealy

Nanocomposite stretches performance of artificial synapse

stretchable polymer-perovskite quantum dot nanocomposite transistor functions as an artificial synapse

21 November 2023Cordelia Sealy

New 3D-printing system can watch itself print with multiple materials

A new 3D inkjet printing system can work with a much wider range of materials by using computer vision to monitor the printing process.

20 November 2023

Laser light shows up true character of metamaterials

A new laser-based technique offers a non-destructive and high-throughput way to dynamically characterize microscale metamaterials.

17 November 2023

New ceramic cools off in the sun

Researchers have developed a ceramic material for passive radiative cooling than can both reflect visible light and radiate away mid-infrared wavelengths.

15 November 2023

New technique lights up polymer composition

A novel method can determine the sequence of a polymer as it is made, by imaging and identifying every single monomer as it is added to the polymer.

14 November 2023

New amorphous material produces some strong string

By fabricating their newly developed amorphous material as tiny strings, researchers have been able to demonstrate its exceptional strength.

3 November 2023

Toughening up 3D-printed metals without heating and beating

A new 3D-printing method allows structural modifications to be ‘programed’ into metal alloys without the need for traditional heating and beating.

2 November 2023

Mechanical strain can cause electronic pain in metals

For the first time, researchers have shown that mechanical strain can alter the electronic properties of a metal.

31 October 2023

Nanoparticles help reduce fatigue in aluminum alloy

Using 3D printing, researchers have created an alumium alloy decorated with nanoparticles that displays unprecedented fatigue resistance.

30 October 2023

Algae produce materials that glow when stressed

Using bioluminescent algae, researchers have created soft yet durable materials that glow in response to mechanical stress.

27 October 2023

Metal elements can help toughen up ceramics

By adding metals with a high valence electron count, researchers have made ceramics that are tougher and more resistant to cracking.

24 October 2023

New technology can measure strain during 3D printing

Researchers have developed OpeN-AM, a platform for measuring evolving residual stress in metallic materials during 3D printing.

17 October 2023

Oxygen-generating microparticles boost bone repair

oxygen-generating microparticles in hydrogels drive the differentiation of human stem cells into osteoblasts, boosting bone regeneration

13 October 2023Cordelia Sealy

X-rays reveal emerging microstructures in 3D-printed alloy

Researchers have used X-ray analysis to study the formation of microstructures in a 3D-printed nickel alloy during the printing process.

11 October 2023

Mighty morphing all-inorganic perovskites

Researchers have shown that all-inorganic perovskites can be deformed and morphed at room temperature without compromising their functional properties.

10 October 2023

Diamond dislocations break sound barrier

Ultrafast X-ray imaging has revealed that tiny linear defects can propagate through a crystalline material faster than sound waves.

6 October 2023

Super-strength in the DNA of novel glass

Researchers have fabricated a pure form of glass and coated it with stramds of DNA to create a material that is both lightweight and stronger than steel.

29 September 2023