Digital content on track to equal half Earth’s mass by 2245
If verified, the mass-energy-information equivalence principle will show that information is a physical, dominant, fifth state of matter, and digital ...
Tag: Materials
SUTD researchers create heart cells from stem cells using 3D printing
Researchers 3D printed a micro-scaled physical device to demonstrate a new level of control in the directed differentiation of stem ...
Electronic components join forces to take up 10 times less space on computer chips
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Electronic filters are essential to the inner workings of our phones ...
Space invaders as MOFs act as liquids
Credit: © 2020 KAUST Innovative materials called metal organic frameworks (MOFs) could become much more versatile following research that shows ...
Breakthrough technology purifies water using the power of sunlight
Credit: Monash University A global research team has been able to transform brackish water and seawater into safe, clean drinking ...
UBC helps Arc’teryx stay green and dry with next-generation water-repellent fabrics
New research creates sustainable and non-toxic replacement for traditional water-repellent chemistryCredit: UBC Okanagan A sustainable, non-toxic and high-performance water-repellent fabric ...
Discovery of massless electrons in phase-change materials provides next step for future electronics
Credit: Akio Kimura, Hiroshima University Researchers have found electrons that behave as if they have no mass, called Dirac electrons, ...
From nanocellulose to gold
Self-assembly of mechanoplasmonic bacterial cellulose-metal nanoparticle compositesCredit: Magnus Johansson When nanocellulose is combined with various types of metal nanoparticles, materials ...
Advance in programmable synthetic materials
Reading sequence of metal atoms in MOFs allows encoding of multiple chemical functionsCredit: UC Berkeley image by Omar Yaghi and ...
Highly sensitive dopamine detector uses 2D materials
Credit: Derrick Butler, Penn State A supersensitive dopamine detector can help in the early diagnosis of several disorders that result ...
Materials science researchers develop first electrically injected laser
The diode laser uses semiconducting material germanium tin and could improve micro-processing speed and efficiency at much lower costsCredit: University ...
A titanate nanowire mask that can eliminate pathogens
EPFL researchers developed a filter "paper" made from titanium oxide nanowires which is capable of trapping pathogens and destroying them ...
New-generation CO2 gas separation system using gate-type adsorbents
Credit: Shotaro Hiraide Ph.D., Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyoto University The Paris Agreement of 2015 set a goal of reducing ...
New science behind algae-based flip-flops
Biodegradable shoes meet commercial standards for products needed to help eradicate tons of plastic wasteCredit: Photo courtesy of Stephen Mayfield, ...
Chemists create the brightest-ever fluorescent materials
Credit: Amar Flood By formulating positively charged fluorescent dyes into a new class of materials called small-molecule ionic isolation lattices ...
Metallic blue fruits use fat to produce color and signal a treat for birds
Credit: Rox Middleton Researchers have found that a common plant owes the dazzling blue colour of its fruit to fat ...
A closer look at water-splitting’s solar fuel potential
Scientists at Berkeley Lab and the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis zero in on bismuth vanadate's role in renewable energy ...
Geothermal brines could propel California’s green economy
Berkeley Lab scientists to help advance lithium extraction, geothermal energy, thanks to California Energy Commission grantsCredit: Berkshire Hathaway Energy Deep ...
NTU Singapore scientists build ultra-high-speed Terahertz wireless chip
Credit: NTU Singapore To enable data transmission speeds that surpass the 5th Generation (5G) standards for telecommunications, scientists from Nanyang ...
Superior TNOx/HRGO hybrid anode for lithium-ion batteries
Credit: Author In a paper published in NANO, a team of researchers from Chengdu Development Center of Science and Technology ...
