Materials Sciences

Materials Sciences

Manchester Team Unveils Stable 2D Materials For Designer Properties

These 2D crystals are capable of delivering designer materials with revolutionary new properties.

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Capture Carbon Dioxide and Transform It Into Valuable Products

A molecular system that holds great promise for the capture and storage of carbon dioxide has been modified so that it now also holds great promise as a…

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New Method for Early Detection of Material Failures

It's hailing and a small crack develops in the windscreen; it first goes unnoticed and eventually turns into a problem. This type of scenario, which usually…

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3D-Printed Microscopic Fish: A New Era in Innovation

Nanoengineers at the University of California, San Diego used an innovative 3D printing technology they developed to manufacture multipurpose fish-shaped…

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Southampton Scientists Discover New Method for Water Isomer Detection

Water molecules exist in two forms or 'isomers', ortho and para, that have different nuclear spin states. In ortho-water, the nuclear spins are parallel to one…

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Inspired by venus flytrap, researchers develop folding 'snap' geometry

Inspired by natural “snapping” systems like Venus flytrap leaves and hummingbird beaks, a team led by physicist Christian Santangelo at the University of…

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Meteorite Impacts May Create DNA Building Blocks in Oceans

A new study shown that meteorite impacts on ancient oceans may have created nucleobases and amino acids. Researchers from Tohoku University, National Institute…

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New Nanostructures Enhance Long-Range Energy Transport

An interdisciplinary group of researchers from the Universities of Bayreuth and Erlangen-Nuremberg (Germany) report in Nature on nanofibers, which enable for…

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New LED Technology Reduces Energy Use and Emissions

The scientists will discuss their research at the 250th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS). ACS is the world's largest…

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'Diamonds from the sky' approach turns CO2 into valuable products

The team will present brand-new research on this new CO2 capture and utilization technology at the 250th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical…

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Mastering Instability: Innovations in Engineering Solutions

Instability in engineering is generally not a good thing. If you're building a skyscraper, minor instabilities could bring the whole structure crashing down in…

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Reviving Old Molecules: Innovations in Calcium Carbide Research

Over the last few decades, researchers have focused their attention on very large molecules and molecular systems. Scientists from all over the world study…

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Drexel engineers 'sandwich' atomic layers to make new materials for energy storage

Led by postdoctoral researcher Babak Anasori, PhD, a team from Drexel's Department of Materials Science and Engineering created the material-making method,…

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KAIST’s Fiber-Like LEDs Transform Wearable Displays

The Next Generation Wearable Display Using Fiber Based Light Emitting Diodes. Copyright: KAIST Professor Kyung-Cheol Choi and his research team from the…

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Soft Medical Implants: Mimicking Human Tissue with Innovation

Medical implants mimic the softness of human tissue by mixing liquids such oil with long silicone polymers to create a squishy, wet gel. While implants have…

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Copper Clusters: Innovating CO2 Capture for Clean Fuel

Capture and convert–this is the motto of carbon dioxide reduction, a process that stops the greenhouse gas before it escapes from chimneys and power plants…

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