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Designing corrosion-resistant alloys with AI
Designing corrosion-resistant alloys with AI In a world where annual economic losses from corrosion surpass 2.5 trillion US Dollars, the quest for corrosion-resistant alloys and protective coatings is...
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Infinitely Recyclable Plastics using Bacteria
Infinitely Recyclable Plastics using Bacteria Plastic waste is a problem. Most plastics can’t be recycled, and many use finite, polluting petrochemicals as the basic ingredients. But that’s changing....
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Scientists discover that Metals can heal themselves
Scientists discover that Metals can heal themselves Scientists for the first time have witnessed pieces of metal crack, then fuse back together without any human intervention, overturning fundamental...
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Researchers explore Graphite with 2D and 3D properties
Researchers explore Graphite with 2D and 3D properties For decades, scientists have been probing the potential of two-dimensional materials to transform our world. 2D materials are only a single layer...
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New Dry Manufacturing process to make EV Batteries more affordable
New Dry Manufacturing process to make EV Batteries more affordable The lithium-ion batteries used to power electric vehicles are key to a clean energy economy. But their electrodes are usually made us...
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Thermal Conductivity of Materials tuned in real-time for more Energy-efficient Devices
Thermal Conductivity of Materials tuned in real-time for more Energy-efficient Devices A team led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities scientists and engineers discovered a new method for tuning the...
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Reduce Friction and Wear with Superlubricity Coating
Reduce Friction and Wear with Superlubricity Coating Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have invented a coating that could dramatically reduce friction in common lo...
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New Light Source can transmit 25 billion bits per second over long distances
New Light Source can transmit 25 billion bits per second over long distances Korean researchers and an SME have successfully commercialized a light source capable of transmitting 25 billion bits per s...
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Thermoelectricity for power generation sparked by Silver Nanoparticles
Thermoelectricity for power generation sparked by Silver Nanoparticles Numerous high-functioning thermoelectric substances were found during the previous twenty years, but their potential has remained...
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Researchers explore Concrete from Ancient Rome to transform modern industry
Researchers explore Concrete from Ancient Rome to transform modern industry A researcher at Missouri University of Science and Technology is looking to solve the problems of tomorrow by using chemistr...
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Transforming Highways with Superconductors for High-Speed Travel
Transforming Highways with Superconductors for High-Speed Travel Superconductors can conduct electricity without any resistance or power loss, and they can effortlessly cause magnets to levitate above...
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Europe develops new Robotic Lunar ISRU Exploration Program
Europe develops new Robotic Lunar ISRU Exploration Program OffWorld Europe and the Luxembourg Space Agency (LSA) have recently signed a pivotal agreement to launch a comprehensive, multi-year developm...
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Metal 3D printing reaches new heights with less waste
Metal 3D printing reaches new heights with less waste In traditional manufacturing, components are created out of larger blocks of source material (such as steel) and the unused excess materials or th...
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Metal-organic Framework Materials could store Gases
Metal-organic Framework Materials could store Gases Materials known as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have a rigid, cage-like structure that lends itself to a variety of applications, from gas storag...
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Reimagining the Ancient Design of Concrete for the 21st Century
Reimagining the Ancient Design of Concrete for the 21st Century Concrete is the most used material in the construction industry and dates to the Roman Empire. Engineers at the University of Pittsburgh...
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MIT develops 3D-Printed Revolving Devices that sense how they are moving
MIT develops 3D-Printed Revolving Devices that sense how they are moving Integrating sensors into rotational mechanisms could make it possible for engineers to build smart hinges that know when a door...
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Smart insoles could identify Workplace Trip Hazards
Smart insoles could identify Workplace Trip Hazards Slips, trips and falls (STFs) remain the top causes of major injuries in the workplace. According to the International Labour Organization, more tha...
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Chinese research team develops Polymers with a Metal Backbone
Chinese research team develops Polymers with a Metal Backbone Until now, you can have a metal or a plastic, but not both in one. However, things don’t have to stay that way. In the journal Angewandte...
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MIT researches driving objects through granular materials
MIT researches driving objects through granular materials Pushing a shovel through snow, planting an umbrella on the beach, wading through a ball pit, and driving over gravel all have one thing in com...
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Making new Crystalline Materials with two or more elements
Making new Crystalline Materials with two or more elements Argonne National Laboratory scientists have found a new way to make materials for batteries, magnets and microelectronics. The world’s best a...
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Empa researchers find the cause of brittle concrete walls
Empa researchers find the cause of brittle concrete walls “Our houses are crumbling!” reads a banner at a demonstration in Dublin. “100% reparation,” reads T-shirts worn by par...
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High-tech labs could help design future generations of batteries
High-tech labs could help design future generations of batteries Designing a battery is a three-part process. You need a positive electrode, you need a negative electrode, and — importantly — you need...
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Cambridge scientists find dynamic fractals in clean magnetic crystal
Cambridge scientists find dynamic fractals in clean magnetic crystal The nature and properties of materials depend strongly on dimension. Imagine how different life in a one-dimensional or two-dimensi...
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VULCAN scans microscopic behaviour of 3D Printed Metal
VULCAN scans microscopic behaviour of 3D Printed Metal From carbon fibre to concrete and bamboo, additive manufacturing—the industrial term for 3D-printing—utilizes many different materials and techni...
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Australian project explores Self-Healing Concrete using sloppy sludge
Australian project explores Self-Healing Concrete using sloppy sludge Water treatment sludge could be used to prevent 117,000 kilometres of sewer pipes in Australia from cracking in future, without an...
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The Toughest Material on Earth
The Toughest Material on Earth Scientists have measured the highest toughness ever recorded, of any material, while investigating a metallic alloy made of chromium, cobalt, and nickel (CrCoNi). Not on...
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Minnesota Researchers use ultrasound to manipulate objects
Minnesota Researchers use ultrasound to manipulate objects University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers have discovered a new method to move objects using ultrasound waves. The research opens the d...
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New Nanoparticle structure opens the door to special material properties
New Nanoparticle structure opens the door to special material properties Alex Travesset doesn’t have a shiny research lab filled with the latest instruments that probe new nanomaterials and measure th...
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Research finds Concrete breaks down in Vegetable Oil
Research finds Concrete breaks down in Vegetable Oil Factories in various industries use vegetable oils. These can be both edible oils and technical ones, which are used, for example, for lubricating...
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Cool approach could make Heat Resistant Materials
Cool approach could make Heat Resistant Materials High-entropy alloys are a new class of alloys that are composed of four or more metallic elements in approximately equal amounts. For example, convent...
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Superfast method discovered to manufacture Thermoelectric Devices
Superfast method discovered to manufacture Thermoelectric Devices Yanliang Zhang, associate professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, and collaborators Alexand...
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Scientists use electricity to find Materials that can Learn
Scientists use electricity to find Materials that can Learn Scientists used the Advanced Photon Source to watch a non-living material mimic behaviour associated with learning, paving the way for bette...
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Tiny magnetic whirlpools could transform Computing
Tiny magnetic whirlpools could transform Computing Magnets generate invisible fields that attract certain materials. A common example is fridge magnets. Far more important to our everyday lives, magne...
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Light analysing Chip will lead to portable Spectrometers
Light analysing Chip will lead to portable Spectrometers Scientists including an Oregon State University materials researcher have developed a better tool to measure light, contributing to a field kno...
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Turning Carbon Dioxide into solid minerals underground
Turning Carbon Dioxide into solid minerals underground A new high-profile scientific review article in Nature Reviews Chemistry discusses how carbon dioxide (CO2) converts from a gas to a solid in ult...
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Smart materials and Metal Cations respond to Temperature
Smart materials and Metal Cations respond to Temperature Often referred to as smart materials, temperature-responsive or thermoresponsive polymers are gaining attention for their ability to respond to...
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Scientists explore Batteries without critical raw materials
Scientists explore Batteries without critical raw materials The storage of ions when accompanied by their solvation shell in a crystal lattice is referred to as co-intercalation, up to this point, thi...
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New techniques allow better understanding of the structure of materials
New techniques allow better understanding of the structure of materials Since the initial discovery of what has become a rapidly growing family of two-dimensional layered materials — called MXenes — i...
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Scientists uncovering how radiation weakens metal one atom at a time
Scientists uncovering how radiation weakens metal one atom at a time Gray and white flecks skitter erratically on a computer screen. A towering microscope looms over a landscape of electronic and opti...
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Converting polyethylene bags and plastics into Polymer Building Blocks
Converting polyethylene bags and plastics into Polymer Building Blocks Polyethylene plastics, in particular, the ubiquitous plastic bag that blights the landscape — are notoriously hard to recycle. Th...
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Scientists find Arctic Microorganisms that clean Oil from Soils
Scientists find Arctic Microorganisms that clean Oil from Soils RUDN agronomists studied the microbial waters and soils in the Arctic and found some of the detected microorganisms are able to “digest”...
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Scientists working on tech to manage two-way power flows in commercial buildings
Scientists working on tech to manage two-way power flows in commercial buildings Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory recently demonstrated a new technology to better control how power flows t...
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Secrets of materials degradation in lithium-ion batteries
Secrets of materials degradation in lithium-ion batteries Amid global efforts towards carbon neutrality, automakers all over the world are actively engaged in research and development to convert inter...
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Measuring sediment plumes stirred up by Deep Sea Mining vehicles
Measuring sediment plumes stirred up by Deep Sea Mining vehicles What will be the impact to the ocean if humans are to mine the deep sea? It’s a question that’s gaining urgency as interest in marine m...
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Increasing the Service Life of Automotive Suspension
Increasing the Service Life of Automotive Suspension An important part of the automotive suspension is the so-called steering knuckle. Its main purpose is to take on the loads and shocks that fall on...
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Putting the strain on fuel cells to boost performance
Putting the strain on fuel cells to boost performance Many of us are probably all too familiar with how strain in work relationships can impact performance, but new research shows that materials in el...
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Cornell cooking up next-Gen Semiconductors with a modified microwave oven
Cornell cooking up next-Gen Semiconductors with a modified microwave oven A household microwave oven modified by a Cornell engineering professor is helping to cook up the next generation of cellphones...
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Scientists discover Ferroelectricity lead-free Solar Panel materials
Scientists discover Ferroelectricity lead-free Solar Panel materials Solar panels, also known as photovoltaics, rely on semiconductor devices, or solar cells, to convert energy from the sun into elect...
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Research into termites could lead to new Architected Materials
Research into termites could lead to new Architected Materials Inspired by the way termites build their nests, researchers at Caltech have developed a framework to design new materials that mimic the...
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Scientific breakthrough explores Magnetism at the Microscopic Level
Scientific breakthrough explores Magnetism at the Microscopic Level Atoms in magnetic materials are organized into regions called magnetic domains. Within each domain, the electrons have the same magn...
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