Materials

ORNL discovers amazing electrical properties in polymers

24 Sep 2011

Microwave ovens a key to energy production from wasted heat

21 Sep 2011

Thermoelectric power generation, researchers say, is a way to produce electricity from waste heat — something as basic as the hot exhaust from an automobile, or the wasted heat given off by a whirring machine.

Tiny wires a step towards photonic chip

19 Sep 2011

Diamonds show depth of Earth’s carbon cycle

17 Sep 2011

Researchers create nanoscale gold coating with largest-ever superlattice

16 Sep 2011

Researchers begin testing of promising new nanomaterial for hydrogen storage

15 Sep 2011

New materials hold promise for better detection of nuclear weapons

By By Megan Fellman | 13 Sep 2011

New material possible boon for lithium ion batteries

12 Sep 2011

Innovative nanoparticle purification system using magnetic fields may aid medication, diagnostics

08 Sep 2011

Scientists observe smallest atomic displacements ever

02 Sep 2011

Concrete improvements could pave the way to greenhouse gas reductions

By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 29 Aug 2011

Etch-a-sketch with superconductors

23 Aug 2011

Nano-scientists invent better etching technique

20 Aug 2011

Simply knotted: Creating every knot conceivable from silica microspheres in liquid crystals

20 Aug 2011

Scientists find way to create every imaginable knot inside liquid crystals, may help understand complexities of DNA

The future of inks, paints and coatings takes shape

20 Aug 2011

Effortless sailing with fluid flow cloak

By By Richard Merritt | 19 Aug 2011

Scientists uncover reliability issues for carbon nanotubes in future electronics

18 Aug 2011

A new approach to scratch resistance

17 Aug 2011

Caltech researchers find that disorder is key to nanotube mystery

13 Aug 2011

Armchair science: DNA strands that select nanotubes are first step to a practical ‘quantum wire’

12 Aug 2011

Scientists find new way to control electronic properties of graphene 'alloys'

06 Aug 2011

Ethanol-loving bacteria accelerate cracking of pipeline steels

04 Aug 2011

Researchers use gold nanoparticles to diagnose flu in minutes

04 Aug 2011

Disease-causing tangle could spawn new materials

01 Aug 2011

Pigment discovery expanding to new colours

28 Jul 2011