Materials

Nanofibre health risk quantified

11 Sep 2012

Computer simulations could lead to better cardiac pump for children with heart defects

11 Sep 2012

Silicon chip enables mass-manufacture of quantum technologies

04 Sep 2012

Cutting the graphene cake

04 Sep 2012

Fibres with a filtering effect: twisted photonic crystal fibres suppress specific optical wavelengths

03 Sep 2012

Batteries from world’s thinnest material could power tomorrow’s electric cars

27 Aug 2012

Engineers achieve longstanding goal of stable nanocrystalline metals

By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 25 Aug 2012

Method developed by MIT researchers could produce materials with exceptional strength and other properties.

One-molecule-thick material has big advantages

24 Aug 2012

BP and UK-led universities to create new materials for industry

23 Aug 2012

Patterning defect-free nanocrystal films with nanometer resolution

By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 22 Aug 2012

Constructive conflict in the superconductor

22 Aug 2012

Fibres with a filtering effect

14 Aug 2012

Graphene’s behaviour depends on where it sits

By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 14 Aug 2012

New findings show that the material beneath the thin carbon sheets determines how they react chemically and electrically.

Extreme plasma theories put to the test

09 Aug 2012

Riding herd on photons

06 Aug 2012

Wrinkled surfaces could have widespread applications

01 Aug 2012

Is ovarian cancer linked to ovulation?

30 Jul 2012

Exeter physicist bends light waves on surfboards

30 Jul 2012

Graphene re-knits its holes

27 Jul 2012

Man-made pores mimic important features of natural pores

23 Jul 2012

Inspired by nature, researchers design tiny, synthetic pores that mimic important features of cellular ion channels and other molecular channels

Molecule changes magnetism and conductance

23 Jul 2012

Diamond in the rough: Half-century puzzle solved

21 Jul 2012

Dripping faucets inspire new way of creating structured particles

20 Jul 2012

Anti-ageing elixir for solar cells

16 Jul 2012

Shape-Shifting Materials are Goal of New Nanotechnology Project

12 Jul 2012