new materials development

Penn State researchers create mechanical integrated circuit materials from conductive and non-conductive rubber materials that sense and react to tactile input, such as force. Credit: Kelby Hochreither/Penn State.
Engineered material that can simultaneously sense, think and act upon mechanical stress?
Penn State researchers create mechanical integrated circuit materials from conductive and non-conductive rubber materials that
Reducing the search time for new high-tech alloys from weeks to mere seconds
via Ames Laboratory Reducing the search time for new high-tech alloys from weeks to mere
Powering smart devices using only indoor light
via Imperial College London Powering smart devices using only indoor light Researchers have developed environmentally
A new liquid phase of matter opens a door to a new universe of materials
The colors in this newly discovered phase of liquid crystal shift as researchers apply a
How about a new material that mimics skin, ligaments and bone, is very strong, self-healing and able to change shape?

Scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) have invented a new jelly material that mimics

An automated way to make unique materials?

Rutgers-led team pioneers automated way to make unique materials with polymers A Rutgers-led team of

Imagine a material that can increase or decrease by 100 times when a weak electrical signal is applied

Researchers at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics have discovered a material that can both increase

The dawning of picoscience and the new materials revolution

The revolutionary tech discoveries of the next few decades, the ones that will change daily

Promising new class of super-strong and conducting materials e.g. the world’s strongest silver

Team creates metal that breaks decades-old theoretical limit, promising new class of super-strong and conducting

New morphing materials could lead to self-deploying tents or adaptive robotic fins

Researchers at MIT and elsewhere have designed 3-D printed mesh-like structures that morph from flat

Using CRISPR in a different way to create new materials

Smart materials change properties in response to specific DNA sequences; could be used in a

Artificial intelligence (AI) can accelerate the discovery of new materials

Successful application of machine learning in the discovery of new polymers As a powerful example

A new environmentally-friendly alternative to Styrofoam

Washington State University researchers have developed an environmentally-friendly, plant-based material that for the first time

A new material that can be used in the near future to create high performance, high energy efficiency electronics

Researchers at the University of Bristol have successfully demonstrated the high thermal conductivity of a

A next-generation space blanket where users can control their temperature

UCI engineers develop material with heat regulation properties Drawing design inspiration from the skin of