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The materials that will be game-changers in solar technology, medical applications, defense technologies and nanotechnology.
Why Rare Earths Matter
Rare earths consist of 17 elements found in the periodic table. Miners find these elements clustered in geologic…
Paving the Way for Stronger Alloys
In alloy research that is breaking new ground, University of Birmingham scientists described how microscopic…
Stanford Creates New 3D Printing Method
With most 3D printers, objects are built up layer by layer. But what if they didn’t have to be?
Dan Congreve, an…
Mini Transistors—Here We Come
Lund University researchers developed a simple, single hydrocarbon molecule with a logic gate function, paving the…
2-D Polymer—Stronger Than Steel, Lighter Than Plastic
A new two-dimensional polymer is doing something once thought impossible; self-assembling into sheets. The material…
What’s Inside a Graphene Sandwich?
In a recent study, researchers synthesized 2D cuprous Iodide stabilized in a graphene sandwich—and the material…
Living Building Materials? They’re Closer Than You Think…
While the image above may look like Jello, it isn't. It is an engineered bacteria and silica combination that can…
New artificial material mimics quantum entangled rare earth compounds
Physicists created a new ultra-thin two-layer material with quantum properties that normally require rare earth…
Materials Informatics Can Revolutionize the 3D Printing Market
The 3D printing market is diverse; certain materials and applications are seeing significant commercial growth…
Researchers mimic Kirigami folds for complex 3D nanostructures
The ancient Japanese art of kirigami offers a way to fabricate complex 3D nanostructures for electronics,…