MIT Engineers Develop Biocompatible Surgical “Duct Tape” as an Alternative to Sutures
The sticky patch could be quickly applied to repair gut leaks and tears. A staple on any engineer’s workbench, duct tape is a quick and…
Materials Science
MIT Engineers Create the “Impossible” – New Material That Is Stronger Than Steel and As Light as Plastic
The new substance is the result of a feat thought to be impossible: polymerizing a material in two dimensions. Using a novel polymerization process, MIT…
Surprising New Material Invented That Can Absorb and Release Massive Amounts of Energy
A team of researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently announced in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that they had engineered…
Fast-Tracking the Search for Energy-Efficient Materials With Machine Learning
Doctoral candidate Nina Andrejevic combines spectroscopy and machine learning techniques to identify novel and valuable properties in matter. Born into a family of architects, Nina…
High-Speed Ionic Synaptic Memory: Simulating Brain Synapses in Computers With 2D Materials
Researchers from KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stanford University have fabricated a material for computer components that enable the commercial viability of computers that…
Revolutionary Carbon-Based Magnetic Material Finally Synthesized After 70 Years
Researchers from Osaka University and Osaka City University synthesize and crystallize a molecule that is otherwise too unstable to fully study in the laboratory,…
Atomic Armor for Next-Generation, Electron-Beam Accelerators
Advancement in single-atom layer graphene coatings improves accelerator electron source lifespans. Protective coatings are common for many things in daily life that see a lot…
Impossible Material Made Possible Inside a Graphene Sandwich – “These Are Truly Exciting Times!”
The design of new materials allows for either improved efficiency of known applications or totally new applications that were out of reach with the previously…
Kekulé’s Shattered Dream: Snakes Become Ladders – New Molecules Serve As Ziplines for Energy
Researchers create novel molecules that serve as ziplines for energy. In the 19th century, the scientific community puzzled over how the atoms in the mysterious…
Quantum Physicists Find Paradoxical Material a Mashup of Three Different Phases at Once – “This Is Uncharted Territory”
‘Geometric frustration’ can cause the electrons in materials with atoms arranged in a triangular pattern to organize in three competing ways simultaneously, reveals a new…
Wettability – Controlling How “Odd Couple” Surfaces and Liquids Interact
Spread out or bead up? A new process enables control over liquid-solid interfaces even with the most unlikely pairs of materials. The wettability of a…
Physicists Discover “Secret Sauce” Behind Unusual Exotic Properties of New Quantum Material
Work will aid design of other unusual quantum materials with many potential applications. MIT physicists and colleagues have discovered the “secret sauce” behind some of…
Newly Discovered Type of “Strange Metal” – Material That Shares Fundamental Quantum Attributes With Black Holes
A new discovery could help scientists to understand “strange metals,” a class of materials that are related to high-temperature superconductors and share fundamental quantum attributes…
New Silicon Carbide Qubits Bring Us One Step Closer to Quantum Networks
Chromium defects in silicon carbide may provide a new platform for quantum information. Quantum computers may be able to solve science problems that are impossible for…
Bionic Eyes: Developing the Next Generation of Artificial Vision Aids
A new technology solution that will provide low-power systems for use in bionic eyes, has been jointly developed by academics from the Harbin Institute of…
Self-Healing Nanomaterials: Self-Repairing Electronics Are on the Way
Self-healing nanomaterials usable in solar panels and other electronic devices are being explored at the Technion. From the Terminator to Spiderman’s suit, self-repairing robots and…
Breakthrough Puts All-Solid-State Batteries One Step Closer to Becoming Next-Generation Powerhouse
Scientists Reduce All-Solid-State Battery Resistance by Heating All-solid-state batteries are now one step closer to becoming the powerhouse of next-generation electronics as researchers from Tokyo…
“Cryobioprinting” Serves Up Towers of Frozen Cells for Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine, and Drug Discovery
Researchers invented a technique that combines bioprinting with cryopreservation to construct frozen, cell-laden structures that can be used in tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, and drug…
