A material that works as both conductor, insulator

Quantum materials are a type of odd substance that could be many times more efficient at conducting electricity through our iPhones than the commonly...

Print out solar panels and stick them on your roof

Australia's first commercial installation of printed solar cells, made using specialized semiconducting inks and printed using a conventional reel-to-reel printer, has been installed on...

Researchers 3-D print colloidal crystals

MIT engineers have united the principles of self-assembly and 3-D printing using a new technique, which they highlight today in the journal Advanced Materials. By...

Dubai mandates that all new buildings be 25% 3D printed by 2025

According to the World Economic Forum, Dubai wants 25% of every new building to be 3D printed within the next seven years. The Dubai...

Biodegradable plastic blends offer new options for disposal

Imagine throwing your empty plastic water bottle into a household composting bin that breaks down the plastic and produces biogas to help power your...

Rh ensemble catalyst for effective automobile exhaust treatment

A KAIST research team has developed a fully dispersed Rh ensemble catalyst (ENS) that shows better performance than commercial diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC). This...

Styrene and PVC for Signage Applications | Interstate Plastics

Interstate Plastics carries a wide range of signage, display, and printing materials for indoor and outdoor applications, including point of purchase (POP) displays, direct...

Architect illuminates the future of built environments

Blaine Brownell is more than an architect and a professor at the University of Minnesota: he’s a researcher of emerging materials. For those not...

Self-healing reverse filter opens the door for many novel applications

A self-healing membrane that acts as a reverse filter, blocking small particles and letting large ones through, is the "straight out of science fiction"...

Tethers Unlimited wins NASA grant to work on future FabLab for 3-D printing in...

Bothell, Wash.-based Tethers Unlimited is getting a shot at helping to create an advanced fabrication facility that could manufacture and recycle 3-D printed items...