Four cubic colloids made from glass. Credit: TU Delft A new way to build synthetic materials out of tiny glass particles – so-called colloids –…
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A bendable organic LED with a natural mica backing releases a strong, candlelight-like glow. Credit: Andy Chen and Ambrose Chen Giving off a soft comfortable…
A new searchable database reveals more than 90,000 known materials with electronic properties that remain unperturbed in the face of disruption. Credit: Christine Daniloff, MIT…
Scientists have observed an unusual quantum state of matter for the first time. Physicist Andrea Bianchi has observed the “quantum spin liquid” state in a…
Researchers have developed soft robots that are capable of navigating complex environments, such as mazes, without input from humans or computer software. The soft robots…
Researchers at MIT have discovered exactly how the tiny crystalline grains that make up metal form when subjected to an extreme deformation process. This can…
The crystal structure of a layer of graphyne, not to be confused with graphene. Credit: Yiming Hu CU Boulder scientists have successfully synthesized graphyne, which…
The material a surface is made of affects how long viruses and bacteria can remain contagious on it. Credit: © RUB, Marquard Copper and silver…
Plywood and other composite wood products are used extensively in home construction, furniture, and decor. They are often made using glues and resins that contain…
Water contact angle measurements of graphene give information about macroscopic wettability. On the other hand, the VSFG experiment can provide information about the microscopic structure…
Islands of inactive lithium creep like worms to reconnect with their electrodes, restoring a battery’s capacity and lifespan. Researchers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC…
New research followed proteins as they rotated on a mineral surface, identifying unexpected motion. Credit: Illustration by Stephanie King | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Better…
PNNL chemical engineer Jian Liu observes laboratory equipment used to extract rare earth elements from various water sources. This magnetic separation loop system works in…
To study superconducting materials in their “normal,” non-superconducting state, scientists usually switch off superconductivity by exposing the material to a magnetic field, left. SLAC scientists…
Artist interpretation of superconductor transition. Credit: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory The results cap 15 years of detective work aimed at understanding how these materials transition…
An illustrative depiction of the light-induced ferromagnetism that the researchers observed in ultrathin sheets of tungsten diselenide and tungsten disulfide. Laser light, shown in yellow,…
A laser compressing an aluminum crystal provides a clearer view of a material’s plastic deformation, potentially leading to the design of stronger nuclear fusion materials…
Scientists have taken a significant step in understanding these whirling quasiparticles and putting them to work in future semiconductor technologies. Researchers reported that they have…
Simplifying complex energy storage interfaces to develop better devices Every technology that runs our world requires energy on demand. Energy must be stored and made…
In the ultrahigh vacuum of a scanning tunneling microscope, a hydrogen molecule is held between the silver tip and sample. Femtosecond bursts of a terahertz…