As with actors and opera singers, when measuring magnetic fields it helps to have range.…
Browsing: Materials Science
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.
Solar cells have come a long way, but inexpensive, thin-film solar cells are still far…
New study details the molecular-level design of materials that enable clean and sustainable water evaporation…
With its single proton orbited by a single electron, the hydrogen atom is arguably the…
Anti-bacterial efficiency close to 100% under 10-min sunlight and promising results in deactivation of coronaviruses.…
A team from Osaka City University, in collaboration with other international partners, has demonstrated a…
The approach has potential applications in improving optical communications and making currency harder to counterfeit.…
Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and the RAS Institute for Theoretical and…
Color-changing array of silk microneedles could help stem outbreaks and avoid food waste. MIT engineers…
The emergence of artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques is changing the world dramatically with…
Florida State University researchers have developed a new material that could be used to make…
For years, researchers have aimed to learn more about a group of metal oxides that…
Prototype device electronically replicates the way human skin senses pain. Researchers have developed electronic artificial…
Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Ohio State University discovered…
In the nanoworld, tiny particles such as proteins appear to dance as they transform and…
Recycle-compatible, environmentally friendly technology inspired by footpad formation mechanism during fly’s pupal metamorphosis. NIMS, HUE,…
Case Western Reserve scientists, collaborators at Harvard and Italian university Unical, aim to ‘revolutionize optics’…
Formation of liquid crystals consisting of several layers that are the thickness of a hair…