Tag: Materials

SLAC and Stanford partner with two Illinois universities to create the Center for Quantum Sensing and Quantum Materials, which aims ...

density fluctuations in amorphous silicon discoveredCredit: Eike Gericke/HZB Silicon does not have to be crystalline, but can also be produced ...

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers have demonstrated that they can attract, capture and destroy PFAS ...

Neutrons make structural changes in molecular brushes visibleCredit: Reiner Mueller / TUM They look like microscopic bottle brushes: Polymers with ...

Anti-viral layer attacks respiratory droplets to make mask wearer less infectiousCredit: Northwestern University In the pandemic, people wear face masks ...

New 'nanoribbon' catalyst should slash cost of hydrogen production for clean fuelsCredit: KAIST One of the biggest challenges in making ...

PETN explosive is used extensively in commercial detonators and in the nuclear stockpileCredit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, N.M., ...

The synthesized substances have great preparative propertiesCredit: @SamaraPolytech Scientists of the Department of Organic Chemistry of Samara Polytech have developed ...

Credit: U.S. Department of Energy, Ames Laboratory Graphene and other single-atom-thick substances are a category of wonder materials, with researchers ...

Credit: Weiyi Lu A liquid nanofoam liner undergoing testing could prolong the safe use of football helmets, says a Michigan ...

A valence electron in titanium oxide has been imaged at a resolution of 0.2 Angstroms using synchrotron X-ray diffraction and ...

Scientists report a novel method based on the chemical reaction 'reduction,' which can help in efficient control of chromium toxicity ...

Credit: SUTD Invented more than 15,000 years ago, knots represent one of the earliest technological breakthroughs at the dawn of ...

Credit: Jill Hemman/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy To better understand how the novel coronavirus behaves and how it can be ...

Lehigh University professor and researcher recognized by prestigious academic journalCredit: Lehigh University Himanshu Jain, Lehigh University's T.L. Diamond Distinguished Chair ...

How to design organic solar cell materialsCredit: MPI-P Most of us are familiar with silicon solar cells, which can be ...

Perovskite photovoltaics are prevalent but imperfect, so improving durability makes a big differenceCredit: Image courtesy of the authors WASHINGTON, October ...

Credit: Robert Gill / Dartmouth Dartmouth engineering professor Jifeng Liu has been named a fellow of The Optical Society (OSA). ...

Researchers from the University of Tsukuba synthesize an elastic polymer from low-cost, sustainable materials, that can be used it to ...

Researchers proposed a new approach to describe the interaction of metals with electromagnetic fluctuations (i.e., with random bursts of electric ...