Materials

Engineers turn plastic insulator into heat conductor

03 Apr 2018

Now you see it: Invisibility material created by UCI engineers

02 Apr 2018

For graphite pellets, just add elbow grease

23 Mar 2018

Monocrystalline silicon thin film for cost-cutting solar cells with 10-times faster growth rate fabricated

16 Mar 2018

Metal-organic compounds produces new class of glass

12 Mar 2018

IISc bangalore and US researchers develop new 2-D flat material gallenene

10 Mar 2018

Banglore's  Indian Institute of Science and US researchers have developed a method to make atomically flat gallium that shows promise for nanoscale electronics

Researchers develop a new class of two-dimensional materials

09 Mar 2018

Smart glass made better, and cheaper

08 Mar 2018

Rare mineral discovered in plants for first time

07 Mar 2018

Scientists have found that the mineral vaterite, a polymorph of calcium carbonate, and rarely found in a naturally occuring state one Earth, is a dominant component of the protective silvery-white crust that forms on the leaves of a number of alpine plant

Mining hardware helps scientists gain insight into silicon nanoparticles

05 Mar 2018

A new way to combine soft materials

01 Mar 2018

Researchers use recycled carbon fibre to improve permeable pavements

01 Mar 2018

Squid skin could be the solution to camouflage material

01 Mar 2018

Sleuths find metal in 'metal-free' catalysts

28 Feb 2018

Nanomushroom sensors: One material, many applications

28 Feb 2018

Clever coating opens door to smart windows

27 Feb 2018

Japanese researchers develop ultrathin, highly elastic skin display

19 Feb 2018

Water-soluble warped nanographene

12 Feb 2018

New lithium collection method could boost global supply

12 Feb 2018

US researchers develop superdense wood with steel-like strength

09 Feb 2018

Silk fibres could be high-tech 'natural metamaterials'

02 Feb 2018

Integration of AI and robotics with materials sciences will lead to new clean energy technology

29 Jan 2018

Researchers develop highly stretchable aqueous batteries

27 Jan 2018

Adding graphene girders to silicon electrodes could double the life of lithium batteries

25 Jan 2018

Making fuel cells for a fraction of the cost

23 Jan 2018