Materials Science News
March 29, 2025
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Mar. 27, 2025 — Engineers have designed and synthesized a groundbreaking new material -- a copper-free superconducting oxide -- capable of superconducting at approximately 40 Kelvin, or about minus 233 degrees Celsius, under ambient ...
Mar. 27, 2025 — Researchers have discovered brand new interference patterns in twisted two-dimensional tungsten ditelluride lattices. These so-called moir patterns can be tuned to look like periodic spots or even one-dimensional bands by adjusting the twist angle ...
Mar. 27, 2025 — In silico analysis of five industrial microorganisms identifies optimal strains and metabolic engineering strategies for producing 235 valuable ...
Mar. 27, 2025 — Researchers have discovered a way to protect quantum information from environmental disruptions, offering hope for more reliable future ...
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Mar. 27, 2025 — Imagine navigating a virtual reality with contact lenses or operating your smartphone under water: This and more could soon be a reality thanks to innovative e-skins. A research team has developed an ...
Mar. 25, 2025 — By using geometric shapes in the shock-absorbing material, researchers have developed a bicycle helmet that provides better protection against head injuries. The material absorbs shock by contracting ...
Mar. 26, 2025 — At hypersonic speeds, complexities occur when the gases interact with the surface of the vehicle such as boundary layers and shock waves. Researchers were able to observe new disturbances in ...
Mar. 26, 2025 — Scientists have developed a new theory to explain heat transfer on advanced surfaces. The theory is critical to the researchers' work to develop innovative surfaces for applications such as ...
Mar. 26, 2025 — Can you imagine having a smartphone with a wooden touchscreen? Or a house with wooden windows? Probably not -- unless you've heard of transparent wood. Made by modifying wood's natural structure, ...
Mar. 26, 2025 — A novel method to improve the photoluminescent efficiency of metal clusters has been developed -- which could potentially be used in applications such as bioimaging or display ...
Mar. 25, 2025 — To get around the constraints of quantum physics, researchers have built a new acoustic system to study the way the minuscule atoms of condensed matter talk together. They hope to one day build an ...
Mar. 25, 2025 — Using microorganisms, researchers have successfully developed a new bio-based plastic to replace conventional ...
Mar. 26, 2025 — Scientists have for the first time filmed the real-time growth and contraction of Palladium nanoparticles, opening new avenues for utilising and ...
Mar. 26, 2025 — Researchers have developed a molecular system for controlled release of iron. They integrated ferrocene, a molecular sandwich that encloses an iron atom, with a carbon 'nanohoop'. As a result, the ...
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Mar. 28, 2025 — Clothes that can mimic the feeling of being touched, touch displays that provide haptic feedback to users, or even ultralight loudspeakers. These are just some of the devices made possible using thin ...
Mar. 26, 2025 — Every year, millions of tires end up in landfills, creating an environmental crisis with far-reaching consequences. In the United States alone, over 274 million tires were scrapped in 2021, with ...
Mar. 26, 2025 — Proof-of-concept work uses unique, safe particles to remove microplastics in a single ...
Mar. 26, 2025 — Lithium-ion batteries, used in consumer devices and electric vehicles, typically last hours or days between charges. However, with repeated use, they degrade and need to be charged more frequently. ...
Mar. 26, 2025 — Researchers have developed a method to destroy fluorine-containing PFAS (sometimes labelled 'forever chemicals') while recovering their fluorine content for future ...
Mar. 25, 2025 — A flower-shaped structure only a few micrometres in size made of a nickel-iron alloy can concentrate and locally enhance magnetic fields. The size of the effect can be controlled by varying the ...
Mar. 25, 2025 — The condition of the grass on a golf course can drastically skew the chances of a winning putt regardless of a player's skill. Now, a coating that soaks up water molecules could slow the roll of ...
Mar. 25, 2025 — This a robot can walk, without electronics, and only with the addition of a cartridge of compressed gas, right off the 3D-printer. It can also be printed in one go, from one ...
Mar. 25, 2025 — Researchers wondered if there was a more ethical way to enjoy foie gras, so they created a process to replicate the dish without force-feeding ducks and geese beyond their normal diets. They treated ...
Mar. 24, 2025 — Researchers have developed a new material that, by harnessing the power of sunlight, can clear water of dangerous ...
Mar. 24, 2025 — Engineers devised a way to deliver drugs such as contraceptives by injecting them as suspended crystals. Once under the skin, the crystals assemble into a drug depot that can last for months or ...
Mar. 21, 2025 — Scientists have unveiled a groundbreaking chemical process that could streamline the development of pharmaceutical compounds, chemical building blocks that influence how drugs interact with the ...
Mar. 21, 2025 — Researchers are leveraging machine learning to improve additive manufacturing, also commonly known as 3D printing. The team introduces a new framework they've dubbed the Accurate Inverse process ...
Mar. 21, 2025 — A research group has discovered a new technique for improving the electrodes that convert seawater into potable water using oxygen. Their improved material outperformed commonly used materials, ...
Mar. 20, 2025 — Engineers have developed an approach for recycling cement waste into a sustainable, low-carbon alternative that is comparable in performance to the industry ...
Mar. 20, 2025 — Lithium-6 is essential for producing nuclear fusion fuel, but isolating it from the much more common isotope, lithium-7, usually requires liquid mercury, which is extremely toxic. Now, researchers ...
Mar. 19, 2025 — Researchers injected CO2 gas into seawater while applying an electrical current. The process transformed dissolved ions, minerals in seawater into clusters of solid particles. The clusters hold over ...
Mar. 19, 2025 — The ability to conduct heat is one of the most fundamental properties of matter, crucial for engineering applications. Scientists know well how conventional materials, such as metals and insulators, ...
Mar. 19, 2025 — A recent study evaluating garnet-type solid electrolytes for lithium metal batteries finds that their expected energy density advantages may be overstated. The researchers posited that composite or ...
Mar. 19, 2025 — Dendritic structures that emerge during the growth of thin films are a major obstacle in large-area fabrication, a key step towards commercialization. However, current methods of studying dendrites ...
Friday, March 28, 2025
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
- A Cleaner Future for Tires: Scientists Pioneer Chemical Process to Repurpose Rubber Waste
- Cleaning Microplastics
- A Safe Nuclear Battery That Could Last a Lifetime
- A New Method to Recycle Fluoride from Long-Lived PFAS Chemicals
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
- BESSY II: Magnetic 'microflowers' Enhance Local Magnetic Fields
- Hydrophilic Coating Makes for Unflappable Golf Balls
- These Electronics-Free Robots Can Walk Right Off the 3D-Printer
- Making Foie Gras Without Force-Feeding
Monday, March 24, 2025
- 3D Nanotech Blankets Offer New Path to Clean Drinking Water
- Engineers Develop a Better Way to Deliver Long-Lasting Drugs
Friday, March 21, 2025
- Groundbreaking Light-Driven Method to Create Key Drug Compounds
- New Machine Learning Framework Enhances Precision and Efficiency in Metal 3D Printing, Advancing Sustainable Manufacturing
- Sea Water Purification Technique Outperforms Commonly Used Materials, Even Activated Carbon
Thursday, March 20, 2025
- Recycled Cements Drive Down Emissions Without Slacking on Strength
- Producing Nuclear Fusion Fuel Is Banned in the US for Being Too Toxic, but These Researchers Found an Alternative
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
- New Carbon-Negative Material Could Make Concrete and Cement More Sustainable
- Quantum Heat Dynamics Toggled by Magnetic Fields
- New Study Challenges Assumptions About Solid-State Lithium Metal Batteries
- Breakthrough in Materials Science: AI Reveals Secrets of Dendritic Growth in Thin Films
- Plant Patch Can Detect Stress Signals in Real Time
- New Material for Efficient Separation of Deuterium at Elevated Temperatures
- Nanocellulose Treated With Red Onion Dye Provides Effective UV Protection for Solar Cells
- Good Vibrations: Scientists Discover a Groundbreaking Method for Exciting Phonon-Polaritons
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
- Lords of the Molecular Rings: An Innovative Shortcut to High-Performance Organic Materials
- Nanomaterials Used to Measure Nuclear Reaction on Radioactive Nuclei Produced in Neutron Star Collisions
- Eco-Friendly Method to Efficiently Convert Methane to Ethanol
Monday, March 17, 2025
- Scientists Tune in to Rhombohedral Graphene's Potential
- From Order to Chaos: Understanding the Principles Behind Collective Motion in Bacteria
- RNA Origami: Artificial Cytoskeletons to Build Synthetic Cells
- Structure of Supercritical Water Decoded
- Artificial Muscle Flexes in Multiple Directions, Offering a Path to Soft, Wiggly Robots
- Magnetic Microalgae on a Mission to Become Robots
- Twisting Atomically Thin Materials Could Advance Quantum Computers
Friday, March 14, 2025
- Scientists Use Light to Unlock Secret of Atoms
- Artificial Photosynthesis: Researchers Mimic Plants
- Quantum Spin Model Made from Nanographene Molecules
- Understanding the Origin of Magnetic Moment Enhancement in Novel Alloys
Thursday, March 13, 2025
- How Chemistry and Force Etch Mysterious Spiral Patterns on Solid Surfaces
- Breakthrough Nano-Spring Technology Boosts Battery Durability and Energy Density
- Reading Magnetic States Faster -- In Far Infrared
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
- A Path to Safer, High-Energy Electric Vehicle Batteries
- Scientists Develop Solar-Powered Method to Convert Sewage Sludge Into Green Hydrogen and Animal Feed
- Decoding Nanomaterial Phase Transitions With Tiny Drums
- New Computer Code Could Lead to Simpler, Less Costly Stellarators for Fusion Power
- Lighting the Way: How Activated Gold Reveals Drug Movement in the Body
- Exciting Moments on the Edge
- Catching Aromaticity in the Act: Direct Real-Time Tracking of How 'excited-State Aromaticity' Drives Molecular Shape Changes
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
- Nature-Inspired 3D-Printing Method Shoots Up Faster Than Bamboo
- Medical Infusion Bags Can Release Microplastics
- Muscles from the Printer: Silicone That Moves
- Molecular Motors in Action: Visualizing Alpha-Cyclodextrin Movement Along Polymer Chains
- Scientists Discover Smart Way to Generate Energy With Tiny Beads
- Elementary-Particle Detectors, 3D Printed
- Amino Acid Assists in Recycling Rechargeable Batteries
- Researchers Unveil Comprehensive Zeolite Structures, Advancing Development of Catalysts for Petrochemical and Renewable Energy
- Plastic Recycling Gets a Breath of Fresh Air
- Scientists Discover New Heavy-Metal Molecule 'berkelocene'
- Untangling Quantum Entanglement With New Calculation Formulas
Monday, March 10, 2025
- Evidence of a New Phenomenon: Quantum Tornadoes in Momentum Space
- 'Nanodot' Control Could Fine-Tune Light for Sharper Displays, Quantum Computing
Friday, March 7, 2025
- Stretching Spider Silk Makes It Stronger
- Developing the Inherent Functionality of Highly Pure Porous Organic Polymers
- Researchers Create Gel That Can Self-Heal Like Human Skin
- AI Reveals New Way to Strengthen Titanium Alloys and Speed Up Manufacturing
Thursday, March 6, 2025
- Super Sapphire Resists Scratches, Glare, Fog and Dust
- New 'one-Pot' Technique a Breakthrough for Material Synthesis
- Researchers Reveal Nitrogen's Dominant Role in Global Organic Aerosol Absorption
- Smart, Energy-Efficient Robot Grippers Cut Production Costs
- Precision Cancer Treatment Using Magnet-Guided, Heat-Activated Nanoparticles
- Touchless Tech: Control Fabrics With a Wave of Your Finger
- Artificial Muscles for Tremor Suppression
Monday, March 10, 2025
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
- Scientists Develop Open-Source Software for Modeling Soft Materials
- Nanoscale Tweaks Help Alloy Withstand High-Speed Impacts
- Feeling Is Believing: Bionic Hand 'knows' What It's Touching, Grasps Like a Human
- Aluminum: A New Hero of Hydrogen Production
- A Sustainable Iron Catalyst for Water Oxidation in Renewable Energy
- Single-Qubit Sensing Puts New Spin on Quantum Materials Discovery
- New Discovery Could 'revolutionize Carbon Fiber Industry'
- For Better Quantum Sensing, Go With the Flow
- Controlling Conformational Changes in Protein Aromatic Side Chains
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
- Scientists Unravel the Spiraling Secrets of Magnetic Materials for Next-Generation Electronics
- Chemistry: Triple Bond Formed Between Boron and Carbon for the First Time
- Breakthrough in Clean Energy: Palladium Nanosheets Pave Way for Affordable Hydrogen
Monday, March 3, 2025
- Quantum Properties in Atom-Thick Semiconductors Offer New Way to Detect Electrical Signals in Cells
- Breakthrough Tool to Enhance Precision in Cold-Temperature Cancer Surgery
- Scientists Use AI to Better Understand Nanoparticles
- Breaking the Surface: How Damage Reshapes Ripples in Graphene
- A Hot Droplet Can Bounce Across a Cool Pan, Too
Friday, February 28, 2025
- Researchers Develop Efficient Lithium Extraction Method, Setting Stage for Sustainable EV Battery Supply Chains
- Eco Friendly, Inexpensive System for Storing High-Power Energy from Pine Biomass
Thursday, February 27, 2025
- Leading the Charge to Better Batteries
- A Lightweight Flexible Alloy for Extreme Temperatures
- Unraveling How a 'magnetic Twist' Induces One-Way Electric Flow
- Turning Waste Organic Compound Into Useful Pharmaceuticals and Energy Using a Technique Inspired by Photosynthesis
- Unraveling the Origin of Extremely Bright Quantum Emitters
- Researchers Demonstrate Laser Writing With Unprecedented Speed and Resolution
- Cracking the Code on Solid-State Batteries
- A Clear Game-Changer: Water-Repellent Glass Breaks New Ground