Scaling forward
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory Argonne scientist's approach to molecular modeling may accelerate the development of new organic materials for electronics. ...
Tag: Materials
The story of nanotechnology and how size really does matter
Credit: World Scientific Nanotechnology is a buzz word many of us have heard but are uncertain as to what it ...
4D-printed materials can be stiff as wood or soft as sponge
Rutgers engineers' unique smart materials change shape as temperatures changeCredit: Chen Yang/Rutgers University-New Brunswick. Imagine smart materials that can morph ...
Dynamic hydrogel used to make ‘soft robot’ components and LEGO-like building blocks
Credit: Wong Lab / Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Using a new type of dual polymer material capable of responding ...
Making solar cells is like buttering bread
Credit: Loi lab / University of Groningen Formamidinium lead iodide is a very good material for photovoltaic cells, but getting ...
Breakthrough in acidic water electrolysis via ruthenium-based catalysts
Credit: CUI Jie Hydrogen fuel, with the advantages of clean, renewable and of high fuel efficiency, is seen as the ...
Hannover Messe: Motorless pumps and self-regulating valves made from ultrathin film
Credit: Credit: Oliver Dietze The valves and pumps being developed by the research group led by Professor Stefan Seelecke at ...
Magnetoresistive sensors for near future innovative development
Credit: Louis Reed@_louisreed, Unsplash Excluding the information recording and reading technology, in the next 15-20 years, the hypersensitive sensors operating ...
NIST researchers boost intensity of nanowire LEDs
Credit: NIST Nanowire gurus at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have made ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that, ...
In a new quantum simulator, light behaves like a magnet
Credit: R. Ravasio/EPFL When subject to the laws of quantum mechanics, systems made of many interacting particles can display behaviour ...
Active investigation
Physicist Zvonimir Dogic receives grant to study fundamentals of 3D active matter If you think about it, our bodies are ...
Princeton scientists discover chiral crystals exhibiting exotic quantum effects
Credit: Hasan Lab, Princeton University Crystals possessing "handedness" exhibit unusual properties. New evidence suggests that they can host electrons moving ...
Scientists of Russia and Belarus are working on the creation of new materials
Scientific research will allow to create more advanced electromechanical devicesCredit: Denis Alikin Scientists of Ural Federal University and the National ...
Materials design in 3D: From the molecule to the macrostructure
'3D Matter Made to Order' Cluster of Excellence of KIT and Heidelberg University starts and focuses on printed three-dimensional design ...
‘Terminator’-like liquid metal moves and stretches in 3D space (video)
Credit: American Chemical Society In the blockbuster Terminator movie franchise, an evil robot morphs into different human forms and objects ...
Fish-inspired material changes color using nanocolumns
Credit: Zhiren Luo, NC State University Inspired by the flashing colors of the neon tetra fish, researchers have developed a ...
TRIUMF receives historic investment in 2019 federal budget
VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Today, the Government of Canada reaffirmed its longstanding support for TRIUMF, Canada's particle accelerator centre, with the ...
Test center to bring tidal technology on stream at high speed
Credit: Fergus Cuthill A £2.4 million engineering research facility will seek to speed the development of materials and structures for ...
University of Luxembourg cooperates with ArianeGroup on rocket engine technology
Credit: Arianespace The University of Luxembourg and the European rocket manufacturer ArianeGroup have signed a collaboration agreement to advance research ...
Smart glove for Industry 4.0: Connecting the physical hand to the virtual world
Hannover MesseCredit: Oliver Dietze Researchers at Saarland University have created an ultrathin flexible film that can act as a sensor ...
