‘Kirigami cuts’ can be used to create 3D microstructures and nanotools. Paper snowflakes, pop-up children’s…
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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.
These fleeting disruptions, seen for the first time in lead hybrid perovskites, may help explain…
A new study led by scientists from Incheon National University in Korea shows how to…
A new graphene-MOF hybrid supercapacitor boasts impressive energy and power density, rivaling some batteries. A…
Researchers have demonstrated that diamonds can be uniformly stretched at the microscale, significantly tuning their…
NUS researchers developed a sweat-absorbing film that keeps users cool and generates electricity, powering wearables…
Organic chemists from the University of Groningen and the Dutch multinational company AkzoNobel, a major…
Analyses of the materials in the scrolls helps put the object into a historical context…
Researchers discovered new effects in magnetic fluids, which will increase their effectiveness for medical purposes.…
A research team led by Northwestern engineers and Argonne National Laboratory researchers have uncovered new…
NUST MISIS scientists found a way to reduce the cost of industrial and electronics heatsink…
Scalable synthesis of transition metal chalcogenide nanowires for next-gen electronics. Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University…
Researchers from MIPT and the RAS Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics have proposed a…
Once deemed suitable only for high-speed communication systems, an alloy called InGaAs might one day…
A potential boon to green manufacturing, the new glue saves on energy, time, and space.…
On the electromagnetic spectrum, terahertz light is located between infrared radiation and microwaves. It holds…
Shifting Gears Toward Chemical Machines The gear is one of the oldest mechanical tools in…
Perovskites are materials made up of organic compounds bound to a metal. Propelled into the…