An ultrathin coating developed by University of Wisconsin–Madison engineers upends a ubiquitous physics phenomenon of materials related to thermal radiation: The hotter an object g... Read more
The revolutionary tech discoveries of the next few decades, the ones that will change daily life, may come from new materials so small they make nanomaterials look like lumpy behem... Read more
Innovative approach to controlling magnetism could lead to next-generation memory and logic devices. A new approach to controlling magnetism in a microchip could open the doors to... Read more
Scientists have synthesized a new cathode material from iron fluoride that surpasses the capacity limits of traditional lithium-ion batteries As the demand for smartphones,... Read more
Planning a trip to Mars? You’ll want to remember your anti-radiation pills. NASA and private space companies like SpaceX plan to send humans to the red planet within the next 15 ye... Read more
Biochemical understanding of how plants regulate oil synthesis could point to new strategies for producing renewable energy-rich chemicals Scientists studying plant biochemistry at... Read more
Using polymer blends, scientists rapidly generated highly ordered patterns that could be used in the fabrication of microelectronics, antireflective surfaces, magnetic data... Read more
By texturing glass surfaces with nanosized features, scientists almost completely eliminated surface reflections–an achievement that could enhance solar cell efficiency, impr... Read more
Even as the power of our modern computers grows exponentially, biological systems — like our brains — remain the ultimate learning machines. By finding materials that act in ways s... Read more
An electron microscope–based lithography system for patterning materials at sizes as small as a single nanometer could be used to create and study materials with new properties The... Read more
New technique leverages controlled interactions across surfaces to create self-assembled materials with unprecedented complexity Building nanomaterials with features spanning just... Read more
A team led by Nanfang Yu, assistant professor of applied physics at Columbia Engineering, has discovered a new phase-transition optical material and demonstrated novel devices that... Read more
