All Materials Science


Liquid crystal elastomer morphs on-demand

hbbhdmwhwm.d hbbhdmwhwm.d | Added: 21 Dec 2018

Rice University researchers have developed a liquid crystal elastomer that morphs between two diffe…

The Colours of Iron

hbbhdmwhwm.d hbbhdmwhwm.d | Added: 11 Dec 2018

‘The Colours of Iron' (Lochaber, Scotland) by Ursula Lawrence took the third place) in the Geologic…

Artificial synapse created from nanowire memristor

hbbhdmwhwm.d hbbhdmwhwm.d | Added: 6 Dec 2018

A German team has built an artificial synapse from nanowires that can replicate functions of biolog…

Flexibility of crystal surfaces shown in real-time

hbbhdmwhwm.d hbbhdmwhwm.d | Added: 4 Dec 2018

Real-time imaging has shown the flexibility of crystal surfaces upon the introduction of a guest mo…

Flexible charge-storage developed for clothing

hbbhdmwhwm.d hbbhdmwhwm.d | Added: 21 Nov 2018

Materials scientists from the US have developed a method for making a charge-storing system that is…

Biodegradable Microbowls

hbbhdmwhwm.d hbbhdmwhwm.d | Added: 8 Nov 2018

Biodegradable Microbowls by Tayo Sanders II from the University of Oxford. Many tumours lack an ext…

Using science to change our world

hbbhdmwhwm.d hbbhdmwhwm.d | Added: 24 Oct 2018

As the Royal Institution sets it sights on expanding the public understanding of science, we hear f…

The art of taking things apart

hbbhdmwhwm.d hbbhdmwhwm.d | Added: 23 Oct 2018

Science presenter, broadcaster and even physical phenomena namer… we spent a minute with Steve Moul…

The chameleon and the crystal maze

hbbhdmwhwm.d hbbhdmwhwm.d | Added: 17 Sep 2018

How a crystal structure within the skin of the famous colour-changing lizard holds the key to weara…

Glass sponge

hbbhdmwhwm.d hbbhdmwhwm.d | Added: 21 Aug 2018

The Olympus Image of the Year Award 2018 is open for entries. Upload your images by the end of Octo…

A weight off your mind

hbbhdmwhwm.d hbbhdmwhwm.d | Added: 7 Aug 2018

Fiona Auty explains why the National Physical Laboratory is going to the immense trouble of redefin…

Molecular ruby used as optical pressure sensor

hbbhdmwhwm.d hbbhdmwhwm.d | Added: 20 Jul 2018

Chemists have developed a molecular system capable of very precise optical pressure measurements.

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Electronic skin stretched to new limits

hbbhdmwhwm.d hbbhdmwhwm.d | Added: 2 Jul 2018

A research team in Saudi Arabia have found that metal carbide within a hydrogel composite senses, s…

Boron set to become king of the nanotubes

hbbhdmwhwm.d hbbhdmwhwm.d | Added: 4 Jun 2018

Boron nitride nanotubes are primed to become major building blocks for next-generation composite an…

Graphene spikes slice away infection

hbbhdmwhwm.d hbbhdmwhwm.d | Added: 8 May 2018

A tiny layer of graphene flakes could become a deadly weapon against bacteria according to scientis…

Creating and deleting magnets with a laser

hbbhdmwhwm.d hbbhdmwhwm.d | Added: 1 May 2018

An international team of scientists have found a way to write and delete magnets in an alloy using …

Big success for UK nanodots

hbbhdmwhwm.d hbbhdmwhwm.d | Added: 25 Apr 2018

A UK manufacturer of cadmium-free quantum dots and nanomaterials, is expanding after signing an agr…

Bone printing collaboration

hbbhdmwhwm.d hbbhdmwhwm.d | Added: 23 Apr 2018

A manufacturer of structural zirconia ceramics, has entered into a research project with a Portugue…

Shedding light on dark matter

hbbhdmwhwm.d hbbhdmwhwm.d | Added: 18 Apr 2018

Physicists have claimed the discovery of a new material that may be able to directly detect dark ma…

Electro-spinning breakthrough for high-tech clothing

hbbhdmwhwm.d hbbhdmwhwm.d | Added: 14 Mar 2018

Materials scientists have developed a new nonwoven material that is electrically conductive as well…