highly porous polymer foam that mimic bone marrow drives the differentiation of blood-forming stem cells
5 December 2019Cordelia Sealy
'Designer substrates' produced by exposing silicon to phosphine gas offer a quick and inexpensive way to synthesize high quality 2D crystals.
2 December 2019
Researchers have developed a novel polymer coating that dramatically reduces the amount of water needed to flush a conventional toilet.
29 November 2019
Metal structure that is so water repellent that it won’t sink even when damaged or punctured
25 November 2019Laurie Donaldson
Surface-plasmon-polariton waves between a metal and a dielectric may offer a way for tiny electronic components to communicate with each other.
16 November 2019
By studying superconductivity in molybdenum disulfide, scientists have developed a superconducting transistor and discovered new superconducting states.
15 November 2019
Scientists have found that a broad diffraction pattern can help determine whether graphene and other 2D materials are structurally perfect.
12 November 2019
coating silk sutures with antimicrobial spider silk proteins could alleviate the problem of post-surgical infection
11 November 2019Cordelia Sealy
A combination of steel composite metal foam and epoxy resin is a better leading-edge material for aircraft wings than the aluminum currently used.
4 November 2019
Scientists have shown that the presence of certain compounds in the liquid electrolyte of lithium batteries prompts the growth of dendrites and whiskers.
30 October 2019
A subtle interaction between single atomic defects in the 2D material tungsten diselenide and mechanical strain causes it to emit quantum light.
30 October 2019
Due to a new quantum mechanism, the heat generated by friction is significantly lower in topological insulators than in conventional materials.
29 October 2019
Researchers have developed silk materials that can wrinkle into highly detailed patterns, which can be erased by flooding the silk surface with vapor.
23 October 2019
Complex shape-shifting lattices composed of multiple elastomeric materials can grow or shrink in response to changes in temperature.
21 October 2019
Using a silver substrate and molecular-beam epitaxy , scientists were able to grow elongated, hexagon-shaped flakes of the 2D material borophene.
17 October 2019
Researchers have found that graphene has many of the same mechanical properties as 3D graphite and is significantly thicker than widely believed.
16 October 2019