Materials Sciences

Materials Sciences

Spongy Material Paves Way for Spine Repair Innovations

The researchers present their work today at the 251st National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS). ACS, the world's largest scientific…

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DNA 'origami' could help build faster, cheaper computer chips

The researchers present their work today at the 251st National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS). ACS, the world's largest scientific…

Materials Sciences

Foldable Material Transforms Size and Shape for Innovative Living

Imagine a house that could fit in a backpack or a wall that could become a window with the flick of a switch.

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New Insights on Organic-Semiconductor Performance Issues

It's hardly a character flaw, but organic transistors–the kind envisioned for a host of flexible electronics devices–behave less than ideally, or at least…

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Nanoscale Machines: Advancing DNA Origami Techniques

Scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have built two new nanoscale machines with moving parts, using DNA as a programmable, self-assembling…

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Perfect Material for Air Filters Developed by Russian Physicists

A research team from the Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics of the Russian Academy of Sciences have synthesized the material that is perfect…

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Magnesium Alloys: Unlocking New Applications in Manufacturing

Selective laser melting with “normal” materials such as stainless steel, aluminum or titanium alloys has already come of age in the world of production. The…

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Microrobots Inspired by Ciliates: A Step Towards Smart Tech

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart are now moving robots that are barely perceptible to the human eye in a similar…

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Quantum dot solids: This generation's silicon wafer?

The team, led by Tobias Hanrath, associate professor in the Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and graduate student Kevin…

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New Molecular Property Boosts Solar and Opto-Electronic Efficiency

Chemists and polymer scientists collaborating at the University of Massachusetts Amherst report in Nature Communications this week that they have for the first…

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Nano-Hinge: Light-Lubricated Nanomachines for Future Tasks

Nanomachines could take over a variety of tasks in future. Some day they may be able to perform medical precision work in the human body or help analyze…

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Paper Skin Sensors: Kitchen Materials for Environmental Monitoring

Everyday materials found in the kitchen, such as aluminum foil, sticky note paper, sponges and tape, have been used by a team of electrical engineers from King…

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Stretchable Nano-Devices Power Next-Gen Smart Contact Lenses

Researchers at RMIT University and the University of Adelaide have joined forces to create a stretchable nano-scale device to manipulate light.

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Graphene becomes superconductive – Electrons with "no mass" flow with "no resistance"

Graphene is a single-atomic carbon sheet with a hexagonal honeycomb network (Fig. 1). Electrons in graphene take a special electronic state called Dirac-cone…

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Twinkling Molecules: A*STAR’s Breakthrough with CO2

The power of carbon dioxide has been harnessed by Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) researchers to make two symmetrical…

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Discover the Best Summer Sportswear Innovations

As part of a research project on “The total energy transmittance of clothing” (IGF No. 17655 N), the Hohenstein Institute has been researching how the…

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