ETH researchers have created an incredibly lightweight 18-carat gold, using a matrix of plastic in…
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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.
Vehicles moving at hypersonic speeds are bombarded with ice crystals and dust particles in the…
‘Superdiamond’ Carbon-Boron Cages Can Trap and Tap Into Different Properties A long-sought-after class of “superdiamond”…
Inspired by membranes in the body tissues of living organisms, scientists have combined aramid nanofibers…
An ultrathin coating developed by University of Wisconsin–Madison engineers upends a ubiquitous physics phenomenon of…
Researchers have used sound vibrations to shake metal alloy grains into tighter formation during 3D…
Transmorphic epitaxial growth of AlN nucleation layers on SiC substrates for high-breakdown thin GaN transistors.…
Researchers Create Nanoscale Sensors to Better See How High Pressure Affects Materials Researchers have developed…
McKelvey Engineering Mechanical Engineer Creates Bioinspired Evaporation Technique When drops of water touch the surface…
Clusters composed of a few atoms tend to be spherical. They are usually organized in…
Researchers led by Professor MATSUYAMA Hideto and Professor YOSHIOKA Tomohisa at Kobe University’s Research Center…
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are valuable for a wide variety of applications. Made of graphene sheets…
Silicene consists of a single layer of silicon atoms. In contrast to the ultra-flat material…
Lithium-ion batteries are notorious for developing internal electrical shorts that can ignite a battery’s liquid…
A Plethora of States in Magic-Angle Graphene A team of ICFO researchers used twisted bi-layer…
Scientists from Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) teamed up with colleagues from Institute of Chemistry…
Combining silicon with a highly elastic polymer backing produces solar cells that have record-breaking stretchability…
For the first time, LEGO® has been cooled to the lowest temperature possible in an…