Artificial Muscle Fibers Could Serve as Cell Scaffolds

Artificial Muscle Fibers Could Serve as Cell Scaffolds: In two new studies, North Carolina State University researchers designed and tested a series of textile...

Forging a Dream Material with Semiconductor Quantum Dots

Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science and collaborators have succeeded in creating a “superlattice” of semiconductor quantum dots that can behave...

Sweater-Wrapped Robots Can Feel and React to Human Touch

CMU Researchers Create Fabric and Sensing System To Measure Contact and Pressure Sweater-Wrapped Robots Can Feel and React to Human Touch: The qualities that make...

Making the Structure of ‘Fire Ice’ with Nanoparticles

The structure harnesses a strange physical phenomenon and could enable engineers to manipulate light in new ways Making the Structure of ‘Fire Ice’ with Nanoparticles:...

Metal–Hydrogel Hybrids

Hybrid systems of hydrogels and metals with tough bonding may find widespread application in smart materials and device interfaces. Metal–Hydrogel Hybrids: Hydrogels, or water swollen...

Protein Biohybrids as a Toolkit for New Materials

Protein Biohybrids as a Toolkit for New Materials: Nature has optimized a vast variety of processes through selection and evolution. However, many of them remain...

Liquid Crystal Polymer Grades Feature Improved Blister Resistance

Liquid Crystal Polymer Grades Feature Improved Blister Resistance: New grades of liquid crystal polymer (LCP) that offer improved blister resistance for electronic connectors have...

PEEK Compound for Monolayer E-Motor Magnet

Monolayer design eliminates adhesion and sustainability constraints of conventional PEEK or enamel insulation processes. PEEK Compound for Monolayer E-Motor Magnet: Solvay has launched a new...

Artificial Intelligence Revolutionize Recycling

Artificial Intelligence Revolutionize Recycling: Automation and artificial intelligence are revolutionizing industries globally and that includes the recycling sector. One remarkable example can be found...

Colloidal Gels not like Glass

Colloidal Gels not like Glass: The soft, solid-like properties of colloidal gels are essential in fields such as food and medical applications, but how...