Starcrete sample. Researchers have found that mixing simulated Mars dust with ordinary potato starch creates a concrete-like material called StarCrete. In testing, StarCrete showed compressive…
Posts published in “Materials Science”
Auto Added by WPeMatico
A derivative of the Stanford University logo printed from droplets containing a 1:1 mixture of Staphylococcus epidermidis bacteria and mouse red blood cells (RBCs) onto…
At slow shutter speeds, the atomic structure of GeTE looks ordered but blurred. Faster exposures reveal a clear intricate pattern of dynamic displacements. Credit: Jill…
The new material could be used to act as a nano-scale switch or even a motor. Scientists at Rice University have discovered a new workable…
The formation of heterostructure of a layered two-dimensional material envisioned as Lego-type blocks locking together. Credit: Elizabeth Floresgomez Murray An international team of researchers has…
The recent discovery of the material offers new possibilities for utilizing polymer materials in innovative ways, particularly in the field of soft robotics, where you…
This chip is the size of a fingernail and is made on thin film lithium niobate and can be used for data communications (internet), or…
UVB has many uses today but requires inefficient and toxic sources to produce. A collaborative effort involving Kyushu University and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz developed…
The Advanced Materials cover illustration shows the surface of the halide perovskite structure being modified by a large organic cation. The cation diffuses through the…
Spinal cord injuries are a serious and debilitating condition that occurs when there is damage to the spinal cord, which can result from a traumatic…
Polymer fluorescent inks can now also be produced in red. Credit: ETH Zurich ETH Zurich researchers have created new fluorescent dyes that are simple and…
For their artificial fairy, Hao Zeng and Jianfeng Yang got inspired by dandelion seeds. Credit: Jianfeng Yang / Tampere University The loss of pollinators, such…
Cryostat used to achieve temperatures down to 20 millikelvins. Credit: HZDR/Jürgen Jeibmann A research team involving the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-RossendorfThe Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) is a research…
Example of the fractal structures in spin ice together with a famous example of a fractal (the Mandelbrot set), on top of a photograph of…
Padinhare Cholakkal Harikesh, lead author of the new study, makes the chemical transistors used in the artificial neurons. Credit: Thor Balkhed Biorealistic organic electrochemical neurons…
Microplastics are tiny particles of plastic that are smaller than 5mm in size and are found in the environment, including in water sources. These particles…
Incorporating dragonfly-shaped gate molecules into PCP/MOFs makes it a hundred times more efficient than before to separate water from heavy water, which has been difficult…
Researchers have created a new synthetic biology material that can stop supersonic impacts. It could have numerous practical applications, such as next-generation bulletproof armor. Scientists…
Researchers at The University of Tokyo grow a nanoscale layer of a superconducting material on top of a nitride-semiconductor substrate, which may help facilitate the…
In a recent breakthrough, a research team succeeded in automating the interpretation of microscopic image data of nanoscale magnetic materials using an “extended Landau free…