Rapid Energy Sharing Between Semiconductors
Researchers discover that electrons play a surprising role in heat transfer between layers of semiconductors, with implications for next-generation electronic devices
Rapid Energy Sharing Between...
MIT Moving Water and Earth
A new understanding of how particle shape controls grain flow could help engineers manage river restoration and coastal erosion.
MIT Moving Water and Earth: As...
Technology Turns Corn into Chemicals Then into Materials
Research discovery will enable the manufacturing of biorenewable materials from trees and corn
Technology Turns Corn into Chemicals Then into Materials: MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (01/09/2023)—A team...
‘Smart’ Coating Could Make Fabrics Into Protective Gear
Precisely applied metal-organic technology detects and captures toxic gases in air.
‘Smart’ Coating Could Make Fabrics Into Protective Gear: Adurable copper-based coating developed by Dartmouth...
MIT Engineers Grow “Perfect” Atom-Thin Materials
MIT engineers grow “perfect” atom-thin materials: True to Moore’s Law, the number of transistors on a microchip has doubled every year since the 1960s....
‘Space Skin’ a New Spacecraft Material for Energy Harvesting
A 'space skin' could help protect spacecraft and satellites from harsh solar radiation while also harvesting energy for future use in the craft's mission,...
Wearable, Printable, Shapeable New Material that Detect Toxins
Tufts scientists develop biopolymer-based sensors that glow when dangers are present and can be printed on almost anything
Wearable, Printable, Shapeable New Material that Detect...
Stanford on the Engineering of Quantum Materials
Stanford on the Engineering of Quantum Materials: Quantum materials are materials with unique electronic, magnetic or optical properties, which are underpinned by the behavior...
New Nanoscale 3D Printing Material Designed by Stanford
BY LAURA CASTAÑÓN
Engineers have designed a new material for nanoscale 3D printing that is able to absorb twice as much energy as other similarly...
Magnons to Verify Topological Phases in Magnetic Materials
Magnons to Verify Topological Phases in Magnetic Materials: Much recent research has focused on ‘topological’ materials – an intriguing type of solids which fall...