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 behemoths. Thes... Read more
Smart materials change properties in response to specific DNA sequences; could be used in a variety of devices. The CRISPR genome-editing system is best-known for its potential to correct di... Read more
A sheet of nickel with nanoscale pores that make it as strong as titanium but four to five times lighter High-performance golf clubs and airplane wings are made out of titanium, which is as... Read more
Work Has Implications for Aircraft, Power Transmission Lines and More Icy weather is blamed for multibillion dollar losses every year in the United States, including delays and damage relate... Read more
New megalibrary approach proves useful for the rapid discovery of new materials Different eras of civilization are defined by the discovery of new materials, as new materials drive new capab... Read more
New material draws heat away from hotspots much faster than current materials, which could lead to dramatic improvements in computer chip performance and energy efficiency Working to address... Read more
If you combine two or three metals together, you will get an alloy that usually looks and acts like a metal, with its atoms arranged in rigid geometric patterns. But once in a while, under j... Read more
Uranium can perform reactions that previously no one thought possible, which could transform the way industry makes bulk chemicals, polymers, and the precursors to new drugs and plastics, ac... Read more
Project provides a systematic way of exploring the vast realm of unfamiliar materials. Trying to find new materials, to improve the performance of anything from microchips to car bodies, has... Read more
Duke Engineers Use Brute Force Computing to Find In the search for cheaper materials that mimic their purer, more expensive counterparts, researchers are abandoning hunches and intuition for... Read more
With supercomputers and the equations of quantum mechanics, scientists are designing new materials atom by atom, before ever running an experiment In 1878 Thomas Edison set out to reinvent e... Read more
“The new materials that could be generated by this exciting strategy could provide practical solutions to meet many of the energy targets set by the US Department of Energy” For the first ti... Read more
Researchers also note that the new materials devised could be applied to satellites, cars, space suits and shuttles, basically everything that might take an impact. Military armor progressed... Read more
