Microstructures Self-Assemble into New Materials
A new process developed at Caltech makes it possible for the first time to manufacture large quantities of materials whose structure is designed at...
Lasers could take 3-D printing to next level
Cars that go more than 1,000 miles on a single fill-up and smartphones that can run for days without recharging are among the possibilities...
Integrated flexible magnetic sensors and organic circuits
Human skin is a fascinating multifunctional organ with unique properties originating from its flexible and compliant nature. It allows for interfacing with external physical...
Building A Stronger Body Armor
Texas A&M researchers have found that adding silicon to a material used to make body armor can make it more resilient to firearms.
According to...
Switching identities: Revolutionary insulator-like material also conducts electricity
University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers have made a material that can transition from an electricity-transmitting metal to a nonconducting insulating material without changing its atomic...
Reliable and extremely fast quantum calculations with germanium transistors
Transistors based on germanium can perform calculations for the future quantum computer. This discovery by the team of Menno Veldhorst may place the transistor,...
A bit of a stretch… material that thickens as it’s pulled
Scientists have discovered the first synthetic material that becomes thicker – at the molecular level – as it is stretched.
Leeds researchers have discovered a...
Understanding magnetism changes caused by crystal lattice expansion
The pattern of arrangement of atoms in a crystal, called the crystal lattice, can have a huge effect on the properties of solid materials....
Could corn stalks or old plastic be the new coal?
At the beginning of the last century, there were 1.6 billion people living on the planet. Today, there are 7.7 billion of us.
“Not only...
New neutron detector can fit in your pocket
Researchers demonstrate first stable semiconductor neutron detector
Homeland Security might soon have a new tool to add to its arsenal.
Researchers at Northwestern University and Argonne...
