“One of our wildest dreams for the nanomaterials we are developing is that they could be used to make the super-strong, lightweight cables that would make possible the construction of... Read more
Think those flat, glassy solar panels on your neighbour’s roof are the pinnacle of solar technology? Think again. Researchers in the University of Toronto’s Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department o... Read more
“The material is of a quality close to the best in the literature, but with production rates apparently hundreds of times higher.” Don’t try this at home. No really, don’t: it almost certain... Read more
Their results could drive innovations in the tiny transistors that control the flow of electricity across silicon chips, enabling faster, more powerful computing devices. Researchers from th... Read more
A new milestone by engineers at UC Berkeley can help robots become more touchy-feely, literally. A research team led by Ali Javey, UC Berkeley associate professor of electrical engineering a... Read more
Results in thin films capable of conducting electricity 10 times more efficiently than those created using conventional methods Through innovations to a printing process, researchers have ma... Read more
Tunable material system designed by Harvard team is easily adaptable for diverse applications in fuel transport, textiles, optical systems, and more Imagine a tent that blocks light on a dry... Read more
These results demonstrate that the self-assembly process of actin filaments may have unanticipated industrial applications. Miniaturization of electronic components is reaching a physical li... Read more
Polymer film that gradually releases DNA coding for viral proteins could offer a better alternative to traditional vaccines. Vaccines usually consist of inactivated viruses that prompt the i... Read more
Interdisciplinary Study From Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Demonstrates New Method for Significantly Increasing Heat Transfer Rate Across Two Different Materials A team of interdisciplina... Read more
Detecting specific gases in the air is possible using a number of different existing technologies, but typically all of these suffer from one or more drawbacks including high energy cost, la... Read more
Scientists Find Nanoparticle Size Is Readily Controlled to Make Stronger Aluminum Alloys Long before they knew they were doing it — as long ago as the Wright Brother’s first airp... Read more