UCI engineers develop material with heat regulation properties Drawing design inspiration from the skin of stealthy sea creatures, engineers at the University of California, Irvine have deve... Read more
University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers have made a material that can transition from an electricity-transmitting metal to a nonconducting insulating material without changing its atomic... Read more
North Carolina State University researchers have developed a fiber that combines the elasticity of rubber with the strength of a metal, resulting in a tougher material that could be incorpor... Read more
A new material that is as stiff as metal but flexible enough to withstand strong vibrations could transform the car manufacturing industry, say experts from the University of Surrey. In a pa... Read more
Scientists at Eindhoven University of Technology and Kent State University have developed a new material that can undulate and therefore propel itself forward under the influence of light. T... Read more
This finding may revolutionise the technology industry. Norwegian researchers are the world’s first to develop a method for producing semiconductors from graphene. The method involves growin... Read more
Water softening techniques are very effective for removing minerals such as calcium and magnesium, which occur as positively-charged ions in “hard” water. But many heavy metals a... Read more
A new kind of sensor could warn emergency workers when carbon filters in the respirators they wear to avoid inhaling toxic fumes have become dangerously saturated. In a recent issue of the j... Read more
Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have created a composite material that they claim can store hydrogen densely and safely, yet that... Read more