Materials Sciences
Materials management deals with the research, development, manufacturing and processing of raw and industrial materials. Key aspects here are biological and medical issues, which play an increasingly important role in this field.
innovations-report offers in-depth articles related to the development and application of materials and the structure and properties of new materials.
Exotic states materialize with supercomputers
Scientists used supercomputers to find a new class of materials that possess an exotic state of matter known as the quantum spin Hall effect. The researchers…
Bacterial armor holds clues for self-assembling nanostructures
Imagine thousands of copies of a single protein organizing into a coat of chainmail armor that protects the wearer from harsh and ever-changing environmental…
Arachnid Rapunzel: Researchers Spin Spider Silk Proteins Into Artificial Silk
Incredibly tough, slightly stretchy spider silk is a lightweight, biodegradable wonder material with numerous potential biomedical applications. But although…
Water ice renders short-lived molecule sustainable
'Antiaromatic compounds' is what chemists call a class of ring molecules which are extremely instable — the opposite of the highly stable aromatic…
Electrochromic Polymers Create Broad Color Palette for Sunglasses, Windows
By developing electrochromic polymer materials in a range of primary and secondary colors and combining them in specific blends, the researchers have covered…
Amended German translation of the Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods
The corrected and revised 2015 version of the German translation of the Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods – Manual of Tests and Criteria –…