Materials Science News
June 15, 2024
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June 14, 2024 — An international team has discovered a spectrum characteristic of an altermagnetic material with X-ray magnetic circular ...
June 14, 2024 — Spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC), as a source of entangled photons, is of great interest for quantum physics and quantum technology, but so far it could be only implemented in solids. Researchers have demonstrated, for the first time, ...
June 14, 2024 — Layers of carbon atoms in a honeycomb array are a true supermaterial: their unusually high conductivity and favorable mechanical properties could further the development of bendable electronics, new batteries, and innovative composite materials for ...
June 14, 2024 — Adding nitrogen to concrete could significantly reduce the amount of greenhouse gases created by the construction ...
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June 13, 2024 — Researchers have developed new chemistry to achieve commercially relevant stability and performance for perovskite solar ...
June 13, 2024 — Researchers have made a significant breakthrough in how to enable and exploit ultra-fast spin behavior in ferromagnets. The research paves the way ...
May 24, 2024 — Researchers have fabricated a device no wider than a human hair that will help physicists investigate the fundamental nature of matter and light. Their findings could also support the development of ...
June 13, 2024 — A new type of dart launcher has been developed as a safer and more cost-effective alternative to firearms or air guns to inject animals with drugs or tracking ...
June 13, 2024 — With their 'T-REX' method, researchers developed a glassy, amber-like polymer that can be used for long-term storage of DNA, such as entire human genomes or digital files such as ...
June 13, 2024 — Researchers detail a new wearable fabric that can help urban residents survive the worst impacts of massive heat caused by global climate change, with applications in clothing, building and car ...
June 13, 2024 — Researchers have engineered nanosized cubes that spontaneously form a two-dimensional checkerboard pattern when dropped on the surface of water. The ...
June 11, 2024 — A study revealed that a simple thermal reaction of gallium nitride with metallic magnesium results in the formation of a distinctive superlattice ...
June 12, 2024 — Engineers have developed microscopic robots, known as microrobots, capable of swimming through the lungs to deliver cancer-fighting medication ...
June 12, 2024 — Researchers have used inkjet printing to create a compact multispectral version of a light field camera. The camera, which fits in the palm of the ...
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June 12, 2024 — Complex metal alloys enter a new era of predictive design for aerospace and other high-temperature ...
June 12, 2024 — Flexible piezoelectric sensors are essential to monitor the motions of both humans and humanoid robots. However, existing designs are either are costly or have limited sensitivity. In a recent study, ...
June 12, 2024 — Scientists maximize the efficiency of hafnia-based ferroelectric memory ...
June 12, 2024 — To understand the unique physical phenomena associated with the properties of magnetic hedgehogs and antihedgehogs, which behave as virtual magnetic monopoles and antimonopoles respectively, it is ...
June 12, 2024 — A team has developed printable, highly efficient light-emitting ...
June 11, 2024 — Inspired by the material that makes up oyster and abalone shells, engineers have created a new cement composite that is 17 times more crack-resistant than standard cement and 19 times more able to ...
June 11, 2024 — Researchers have demonstrated miniature soft hydraulic actuators that can be used to control the deformation and motion of soft robots that are less than a millimeter thick. The researchers have also ...
June 11, 2024 — The need to transition away from fossil fuels to more sustainable energy production is critical. That's why a team of researchers is looking at a potential power source that not only produces no ...
June 11, 2024 — Researchers have demonstrated a new method that could enable the large-scale manufacturing of optical qubits. The advance could bring us closer to a scalable quantum ...
June 11, 2024 — Researchers are breaking through the difficulties of robotic recognition of various common, yet complex, items. Their layered sensor is equipped with material detection at the surface and pressure ...
June 11, 2024 — In facing life's many challenges, we often opt for complex approaches to finding solutions. Yet, upon closer examination, the answers are often simpler than we expect, rooted in the core ...
June 11, 2024 — Physicists have calculated how suitable molecules can be stimulated by infrared light pulses to form tiny magnetic fields. If this is also successful in experiments, the principle could be used in ...
June 11, 2024 — A new computer vision technique developed by engineers significantly speeds up the characterization of newly synthesized electronic materials. Such materials might be used in novel solar cells, ...
June 10, 2024 — If a material absorbs light, it will heat up. That heat must go somewhere, and the ability to control where and how much heat is emitted can protect or even hide such devices as satellites. An ...
June 10, 2024 — Academics are often accused of 'splitting hairs', but a team has now devised a machine to do just that. We all have a bad hair day from time to time, and split ends are a common problem. ...
June 10, 2024 — A multi-institutional team has created atomic optical antennas in solids. The team used germanium vacancy centers in diamonds to create an optical energy enhancement of six orders of magnitude, a ...
June 7, 2024 — Thousands of particles of light can merge into a type of 'super photon' under suitable conditions. Physicists call such a state a photon Bose-Einstein condensate. Researchers have now shown ...
June 6, 2024 — A new material may be the key to quickly flag damaged infrastructure. This material offers a way to reduce the manpower required to regularly monitor structures that undergo daily use such as ...
June 6, 2024 — A research team has developed a liquid metal-based electronic logic device that mimics the intelligent prey-capture mechanism of Venus flytraps. Exhibiting memory and counting properties, the device ...
June 6, 2024 — Advanced technologies enable the controlled release of medicine to specific cells in the body. Scientists argue these same technologies must be applied to agriculture if growers are to meet ...
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
- Metal Alloys That Can Take the Heat
- Towards a New Era in Flexible Piezoelectric Sensors for Both Humans and Robots
- Breakthrough in Next-Generation Memory Technology!
- Uncovering the Nature of Emergent Magnetic Monopoles
- Quantum Dots and Metasurfaces: Deep Connections in the Nano World
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
- From Seashells to Cement, Nature Inspires Tougher Building Material
- 3D-Printed Mini-Actuators Can Move Small Soft Robots, Lock Them Into New Shapes
- Algae Offer Real Potential as a Renewable Electricity Source
- New Technique Could Help Build Quantum Computers of the Future
- Trash-Sorting Robot Mimics Complex Human Sense of Touch
- Looking for a New Battery Platform? Focus on the Essentials
- Switching Nanomagnets Using Infrared Lasers
- New Computer Vision Method Helps Speed Up Screening of Electronic Materials
Monday, June 10, 2024
- Researchers Engineer New Approach for Controlling Thermal Emission
- Splitting Hairs: Science of Biomechanics to Understand of Bad Hair Days
- 'Quantum Optical Antennas' Provide More Powerful Measurements on the Atomic Level
Friday, June 7, 2024
Thursday, June 6, 2024
- Newly Developed Material Logs and Stores Stress Information of Infrastructure
- Liquid Metal-Based Electronic Logic Device That Mimics Intelligent Prey-Capture Mechanism of Venus Flytrap
- Better Farming Through Nanotechnology
- Crystal Engineering Modifies 2D Metal Halide Perovskites Into 1D Nanowires
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
- New Method of DNA Testing: Expanding Scientific Innovation
- Electrified Charcoal 'sponge' Can Soak Up CO2 Directly from the Air
- Enhancing Superconductivity of Graphene-Calcium Superconductors
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
- Accelerating the R&D of Wearable Tech: Combining Collaborative Robotics, AI
- A New Way of Designing Auxetic Materials
- Tin Toughens Bioimplant Titanium Alloys Through the Cocktail Effect
- Towards Next-Gen Functional Materials: Direct Observation of Electron Transfer in Solids
- Observing Ultrafast Photoinduced Dynamics in a Halogen-Bonded Supramolecular System
- Innovative Demand Strategies for Clean Energy
- Unraveling the Physics of Knitting
- Shining a Light on Molecules: L-Shaped Metamaterials Can Control Light Direction
Monday, June 3, 2024
- Altered Carbon Points Toward Sustainable Manufacturing
- Scientists Develop 'x-Ray Vision' Technique to See Inside Crystals
- Groundbreaking Progress in Quantum Physics: How Quantum Field Theories Decay and Fission
- Fungus Breaks Down Ocean Plastic
- Understanding the Atomic Density Fluctuations in Silica Glass
- Development of Revolutionary Color-Tunable Photonic Devices
- Enhancing Nanofibrous Acoustic Energy Harvesters With Artificial Intelligence
- The Coldest Lab in New York Has New Quantum Offering
Friday, May 31, 2024
- This Self-Powered Sensor Could Make MRIs More Efficient
- Ancient Medicine Blends With Modern-Day Research in New Tissue Regeneration Method
Thursday, May 30, 2024
- Scientists Develop Most Sensitive Way to Observe Single Molecules
- Combining Simulations and Experiments to Get the Best out of Fe3Al
- Controlling Ion Transport for a Blue Energy Future
- Innovative Bird-Eye-Inspired Camera Developed for Enhanced Object Detection
- The Thinnest Lens on Earth, Enabled by Excitons
- New Anti-Counterfeit Technique Packs Two Light-Reactive Images Into One Material
- Rewritable, Recyclable 'smart Skin' Monitors Biological Signals on Demand
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
- AIM Algorithm Enhances Super-Resolution Microscope Images in Real Time
- Graphene Gets Cleaned Up
- Researchers Create Materials With Unique Combo of Stiffness, Thermal Insulation
- Biobased Building Materials Less Sustainable Than Concrete in South Africa, Experts Find
- Study Is Step Towards Energy-Efficient Quantum Computing in Magnets
- Polymeric Films Protect Anodes from Sulfide Solid Electrolytes
Tuesday, May 28, 2024
- Performance of Eco-Friendly Cooling Applications Enhanced
- Inexpensive Microplastic Monitoring Through Porous Materials and Machine Learning
Friday, May 24, 2024
- Charge Your Laptop in a Minute or Your EV in 10? Supercapacitors Can Help
- Controlling Water, Transforming Greenhouse Gases
- Observing Mammalian Cells With Superfast Soft X-Rays
- Imperceptible Sensors Made from 'electronic Spider Silk' Can Be Printed Directly on Human Skin
- Breakthrough Discovery Uses Engineered Surfaces to Shed Heat
- Innovative Material for Sustainable Building
Thursday, May 23, 2024
- Renewable Grid: Recovering Electricity from Heat Storage Hits 44% Efficiency
- Electromechanical Material Doesn't Get 'clamped' Down
- Iron Could Be Key to Less Expensive, Greener Lithium-Ion Batteries, Research Finds
- New Milestone for Lithium Metal Batteries
- Producing Novel Liquid Crystals by Stacking Antiaromatic Units
- Unlocking Complex Sulfur Molecules: Novel Approach for Synthesis of Functionalized Benzenethiol Equivalents
- Researchers Detect Hidden Threats With Advanced X-Ray Imaging
- New Discoveries About the Nature of Light Could Improve Methods for Heating Fusion Plasma
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
- Wearable Devices Get Signal Boost from Innovative Material
- Wearable Ultrasound Patch Enables Continuous, Non-Invasive Monitoring of Cerebral Blood Flow
- Researchers Design New Metal-Free Porous Framework Materials
- Cement Recycling Method Could Help Solve One of the World's Biggest Climate Challenges
- Adhesive Coatings Can Prevent Scarring Around Medical Implants
- Promethium Bound: Rare Earth Element's Secrets Exposed
- Under Extreme Impacts, Metals Get Stronger When Heated, Study Finds
- Strings That Can Vibrate Forever (Kind Of)
- 'Fossilizing' Cracks in Infrastructure Creates Sealing That Can Even Survive Earthquakes
- New Polystyrene Recycling Process Could Be World's First to Be Both Economical and Energy-Efficient
- Flexible Film Senses Nearby Movements -- Featured in Blink-Tracking Glasses
- Ethylene from CO2: Building-Kit Catalyst
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
- New Crystal Production Method Could Enhance Quantum Computers and Electronics
- Recycling Carbon Dioxide Into Household Chemicals
- Batteries: Modeling Tomorrow's Materials Today
- 3D Printing Robot Creates Extreme Shock-Absorbing Shape, With Help of AI
- Researchers Introduce Programmable Materials to Help Heal Broken Bones
Monday, May 20, 2024
- Powering Wearable Devices With High-Performing Carbon Nanotube Yarns
- Seeking Stronger Steel, Systematic Look at 120 Combinations of Alloy Elements Provides Clues
- Innovative 3D Printing Could Revolutionize Treatment for Cataracts and Other Eye Conditions
- Blueprints of Self-Assembly
Friday, May 17, 2024
- Ion Irradiation Offers Promise for 2D Material Probing
- Magnetic Imprint on Deconfined Nuclear Matter
- New Data-Driven Model Rapidly Predicts Dehydrogenation Barriers in Solid-State Materials
- Diamond Glitter: A Play of Colors With Artificial DNA Crystals