New material has highest electron mobility among known layered magnetic materials. Properties make it a…
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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.
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new technique for shielding electronics in…
Researchers demonstrate how the perfect flow of electrons on the surface of some types of…
Pressure treating — which involves putting lumber inside a pressurized watertight tank and forcing chemicals…
Engineers looking to nature for inspiration have long assumed that layered structures like those found…
McMaster and Harvard University researchers create ‘intelligent’ interaction between light and material, establishing a promising…
Scientists have collected evidence suggesting that a purely electronic mechanism causes copper-oxygen compounds to conduct…
The transition could lead to advances in data storage, microelectronics, and sensors. Inverse transitions seem…
This result suggests that superconductivity approaching room temperature may be possible in hydrogen-rich compounds at…
A team of Australian scientists has discovered diamond can be bent and deformed, creating possibilities…
Engineers mix and match materials to make new stretchy electronics: Next-generation devices made with new…
The magnetic, conductive and optical properties of complex oxides make them key to components of…
The University of Rochester research lab that recently used lasers to create unsinkable metallic structures…
An MIT team has devised a lithium metal anode that could improve the longevity and…
University of Groningen physicists have visualized hydrogen at the titanium/titanium hydride interface using a transmission…
The synthesis of bio-based high-performance polyamide from biogenic residues. A research team from the Fraunhofer…
Study finds the materials — glass, ceramics and stainless steel — interact to accelerate corrosion.…
Mammals sweat to regulate body temperature, and researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China…