For thousands of years, people in the Middle East and South America have extracted water from the air to help sustain their populations. Drawing inspiration from those examples, researchers... Read more
Researchers at The University of Akron are again spinning inspiration from spider silk — this time to create more efficient and stronger commercial and biomedical adhesives that could, for e... Read more
University of Akron researchers have developed new materials that function on a nanoscale, which could lead to the creation of lighter laptops, slimmer televisions and crisper smartphone vis... Read more
It’s squishy, synthetic, flexible, mostly water and almost as tough as rubber. No, it’s not “flubber” — it’s a hydrogel, and now scientists at The University of... Read more
Think about windows coated with transparent film that absorbs harmful ultraviolet sunrays and uses them to generate electricity. Consider a water filtration membrane that blocks viruses and... Read more
A seamless graphene/nanotube hybrid created at Rice University may be the best electrode interface material possible for many energy storage and electronics applications. Led by Rice chemist... Read more
Could mean good news in the battle against superbugs Antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in one of the deepest, most isolated caves in the world could mean good news in the battle against su... Read more