Materials Sciences

Materials Sciences

Researchers Use Clay to Innovate Bone Growth Solutions

In new research published online May 13, 2013 in Advanced Materials, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) are the first to report that synthetic…

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Physicists Light “Magnetic Fire” to Reveal Energy’s Path

The study, which appears in the journal Physical Review Letters, also included researchers from the University of Barcelona, City College of New York, and the…

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Solar Panels as Inexpensive as Paint?

A major impediment, however, is the cost to manufacture, install and maintain solar panels. Simply put, most people and businesses cannot afford to place them…

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Engineered Biomaterial Enhances Medical Implant Success

Expensive, state-of-the-art medical devices and surgeries often are thwarted by the body’s natural response to attack something in the tissue that appears…

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20-Million-Year-Old Amber Shatters Theories of Glass as a Liquid

“Glass transition is related to the performance of materials, whether it is inorganic glass or organic polymers,” said Gregory McKenna, professor of chemical…

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Precision Measurement Enhances Metallic Foil Production Accuracy

Within a measurement range of several millimeters, the system can accurately measure foils, rolled strips and other metallic semi-finished products with a…

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Microwave Oven Cooks Up Solar Cell Material

Using microwaves “is a fast way to make these particles that have a broad range of applications,” says Michael Free, a professor of metallurgical engineering….

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Duke Scientists Create Living Heart Patch from Human Cells

The “heart patch” grown in the laboratory from human cells overcomes two major obstacles facing cell-based therapies – the patch conducts electricity at about…

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KAIST Team Unveils Flexible Large-Scale Integrated Circuits

Silicon-based semiconductors have played significant roles in signal processing, nerve stimulation, memory storage, and wireless communication in implantable…

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Advancements in Organic Semiconductors for Heat-Electricity Conversion

Organic semiconductors are carbon-rich compounds that are relatively cheap, abundant, lightweight and tough. But they haven't traditionally been considered…

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Researchers Design Nanometer-Scale Material That Can Speed Up, Squeeze Light

Their research is the latest in a series of recent findings related to how light and matter interact at the atomic scale, and it is the first to demonstrate…

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Discovery of New Gigantic Swelling Phenomenon of Layered Crystal Driven by Water

A research group headed by Dr. Takayoshi Sasaki (MANA Principal Investigator), Dr. Renzhi Ma (MANA Scientist), and Dr. Fengxia Geng (Postdoctoral Researcher)…

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Silicone Liquid Crystal Stiffens With Compression: New Findings

Squeeze a piece of silicone and it quickly returns to its original shape, as squishy as ever. But scientists at Rice University have discovered that the liquid…

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Optimizing nanoparticles for commercial applications

Nanoparticles are currently used in commercial products ranging from catalysts, polishing media and magnetic fluids to cosmetics and sunscreens. A new review…

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Success in Observation of Swelling of Single-Particle of Silicon Electrode for Lithium Ion Batteries during Charging Reaction

The NIMS Global Research Center for Environment and Energy based on Nanomaterials Science (GREEN) and a research group at Tokyo Metropolitan University…

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Geoscientists Predict New Compounds Could Change Our View of What Planets are Made Of

A team of researchers led by Artem R. Oganov, a professor of theoretical crystallography in the Department of Geosciences, has made a startling prediction that…

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