Two newly published studies improve scientists’ understanding of the conditions required for superconductivity and how…
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Materials science is the interdisciplinary study of the properties, structure, and performance of materials—from metals, ceramics, and polymers to nanomaterials and biomaterials. It combines principles of physics, chemistry, and engineering to understand how atomic and molecular structures determine a material’s behavior and functionality. Researchers in this field design and synthesize new materials for advanced technologies, including semiconductors, batteries, renewable energy systems, quantum devices, and medical implants. By exploring phenomena such as superconductivity, self-healing materials, and metamaterials, materials science drives innovation across industries and shapes the future of sustainable energy, electronics, and manufacturing.
Using a simple design and inorganic materials, Berkley Lab researchers have developed a micro-sized robotic…
By using swimming microengines, researchers from the Max Planck Institute have developed a new method…
Berkeley Lab researchers have demonstrated the first soluble single-layer 2D honeycomb supramolecular organic framework that…
Nanoengineers from UC San Diego have developed nanosponges that soak up a dangerous pore-forming toxin…
By providing oxygen at the right surface concentration, researchers from the University of Texas at…
By surrounding an object with small antennas that collectively radiate an electromagnetic field, engineers demonstrate…
Using perovskite crystals fabricated with a combination of potassium niobate and barium nickel niobate, a…
Using a laser sintering process and powdered metals, Solid Concepts manufactures the world’s first 3D-printed…
A team of scientists has discovered a new asymmetric topological insulator made of many layers…
Researchers from the University of Sidney have developed a metamaterial lens that has ten times…
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute have demonstrated that graphene meets an important condition for…
A newly published study from researchers at Brown University shows the ability of carefully designed…
Using porous silicon coated with graphene, material scientists at Vanderbilt University have developed the first…
A newly published study from scientists at the Brookhaven National Laboratory demonstrates a general strategy…
Scientists at the Imperial College London have shown that the efficiency of solar panel designs…
By stacking nanoscale layers of silver and silicon nitride, scientists have fabricated a metamaterial that…
In a newly published paper, theoretical physicists from Rice University calculate that atom-thick carbyne chains…