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Penn State Researchers Aim to Find New Metamaterial for Structural Safety During Earthquake

Annually, earthquakes and explosions damage numerous structures around the world, destroying many lives in their wake.

21 Jun 2017

Scientists Uncover Design Principles to Make Polymers that Could Transport Both Ions and Electrons

Scientists designing polymers that can bridge the biological and electronic divide must deal with incompatible messaging styles. Electronics rely on racing streams of electrons, but biological systems transmist signals using ions.

20 Jun 2017

New Research on Heterostructural Alloys Promises Greater Materials Control

New research into the largely unstudied area of heterostructural alloys could lead to greater materials control and in turn better semiconductors, advances in nanotechnology for pharmaceuticals and improved metallic glasses for industrial applications.

20 Jun 2017

New Computational Method Enhances Ability to Predict How Metals React in Water

The wide reach of corrosion, a multitrillion-dollar global problem, may someday be narrowed considerably thanks to a new, better approach to predict how metals react with water.

19 Jun 2017

Researchers Identify Nickel Oxide as Candidate Material for High-Temperature Superconductivity

A team of researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has identified a nickel oxide compound as an unconventional but promising candidate material for high-temperature superconductivity.

19 Jun 2017

Researchers Reveal Similarities in Behavior of Smart Peizoelectric Materials and Water

A research team from the University of Pennsylvania have gained new knowledge on the smart materials used in ultrasound technology. When they developed a detailed model to explain the working of these materials, they discovered evident similarities with the behavior of water.

16 Jun 2017

Researchers Use 3D Printers to Create Tensegrity Objects that Expand Dramatically

A team of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology has developed a way to use 3-D printers to create objects capable of expanding dramatically that could someday be used in applications ranging from space missions to biomedical devices.

15 Jun 2017

Rice Researchers Create Hydrogel Strings Using Compound Found in Mussels

Chemists at Rice University have taken inspiration from the mussel to put the muscle into their new macroscale scaffold fibers.

12 Jun 2017

Dartmouth Researchers Develop New Material that Scrubs Iodine from Water

For the first time, Researchers have designed a novel microporous material that removes iodine from water. This major breakthrough presents new opportunities to cleanup radioactive waste found in nuclear reactors and subsequent to nuclear accidents, similar to the Fukushima disaster that occurred in 2011. The study was performed by a team of Researchers at Dartmouth College.

8 Jun 2017

Researchers Synthesize Flexible, High-Strength Polymers by Mimicking Nacre

For the first time, Columbia Engineering Scientists have developed an innovative method that is based on the nacre of oyster shells, which is a composite material with exceptional mechanical properties such as high resilience and strength.

8 Jun 2017

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The Current State of the Global Semiconductor Market

The global semiconductor market has entered an exciting period. Demand for chip technology is both driving the industry as well as hindering it, with current chip shortages predicted to last for some time. Current trends will likely shape the future of the industry, which is set to continue to show

How are Graphene Batteries Made?

The primary distinction between graphene-based batteries and solid-state batteries lies in the composition of either electrode. Although the cathode is commonly changed, carbon allotropes can also be employed in fabricating anodes.

What Role Will The IoT Play In The Electric Vehicle Industry?

In recent years, the IoT is rapidly being introduced into almost all sectors, but it has particular importance in the EV industry.

Materials Research News

Penn State Researchers Aim to Find New Metamaterial for Structural Safety During Earthquake

Scientists Uncover Design Principles to Make Polymers that Could Transport Both Ions and Electrons

New Research on Heterostructural Alloys Promises Greater Materials Control

New Computational Method Enhances Ability to Predict How Metals React in Water

Researchers Identify Nickel Oxide as Candidate Material for High-Temperature Superconductivity

Researchers Reveal Similarities in Behavior of Smart Peizoelectric Materials and Water

Researchers Use 3D Printers to Create Tensegrity Objects that Expand Dramatically

Rice Researchers Create Hydrogel Strings Using Compound Found in Mussels

Dartmouth Researchers Develop New Material that Scrubs Iodine from Water

Researchers Synthesize Flexible, High-Strength Polymers by Mimicking Nacre

Driving Efficiency and Sustainability: Tofwerk at Semicon Europa

Combining Particle Size, Zeta Potential and Shelf-life for Cutting Edge Research

Can we Decarbonize the Aerospace Industry?

High-Throughput Configurable Raman Probes for Versatile Applications

MX-Lab: Material Research & Alloying Machine

Using the LFA 717 HyperFlash for Light Flash Analysis

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Understanding Biological Indicators (BIs) in Hydrogen Peroxide Decontamination

NIR Spectroscopy Analysis of Fruit Juices

Determining Gravimetric Sample Composition of Mixtures with Unknown Constituents

The Role of Sulfur Analysis in Advancing Superalloy Performance

Editorial Highlights

The Current State of the Global Semiconductor Market

How are Graphene Batteries Made?

What Role Will The IoT Play In The Electric Vehicle Industry?

Materials Research News

Driving Efficiency and Sustainability: Tofwerk at Semicon Europa

Combining Particle Size, Zeta Potential and Shelf-life for Cutting Edge Research

Can we Decarbonize the Aerospace Industry?

1A New Catalyst for Efficient CO2 Conversion

2Machine Learning-Optimized Graphene Metamaterial Solar Absorber Using Al-TiN-Fe

3Novel Method for Accelerating Charging Rates in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

4New Membrane Technology Captures 99 % of Waste Aluminum

5Solid-Phase Recycling and Alloying of High-Strength Aluminum Scrap

6Scientists Advance X-Ray Technology with Innovative Hybrid Materials

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