Materials

Controlling magnetic clouds in graphene

12 Jun 2013

Planes, trains and automobiles: faster, stronger, lighter

By By Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office | 10 Jun 2013

New all-solid sulphur-based battery outperforms lithium-ion technology

08 Jun 2013

A new all-solid lithium-sulphur battery developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory team has the potential to reduce cost, increase performance and improve safety compared with existing designs

Scientists develop efficient zinc-air battery

By By Mark Shwartz | 05 Jun 2013

Stanford scientists have created a zinc-air battery that generates electricity by combining atmospheric oxygen and zinc metal in a liquid electrolyte, with a byproduct of zinc oxide - a low-cost alternative to lithium-ion technology

Advanced paper could be foundation for inexpensive biomedical and diagnostic devices

05 Jun 2013

Adhesive tape glues Prefab houses together

05 Jun 2013

Organic polymers show sunny potential

03 Jun 2013

DNA-guided asembly yields novel ribbon-like nanostructures

31 May 2013

A new kind of chemical ‘glue’

By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 31 May 2013

Method for attaching molecules to metal surfaces could find applications in medicine, electronics and other fields.

Shape-shifting nanoparticles flip from sphere to net in response to tumour signal

29 May 2013

Telling mirror molecules apart

27 May 2013

Catching graphene butterflies

25 May 2013

Soft matter offers ways to study arrangement of ordered materials in non-spherical spaces

24 May 2013

Nano-breakthrough: Solving the case of the herringbone crystal

23 May 2013

Paper becomes a high tech material

20 May 2013

Paper, being a light and foldable raw material, is a cost-efficient and simple means of generating electrically conducting structures

Chinese scientists perfect world’s lightest material `carbon aerogel’

18 May 2013

Stanford engineers monitor heart health using paper-thin flexible 'skin'

By By Thomas Sumner | 17 May 2013

Gloves that warn of toxic substance in the air

11 May 2013

Building protocells from inorganic nanoparticles

11 May 2013

Scientists build material that mimics squid beak that may lead to better implants

10 May 2013

‘Going negative’ pays for nanotubes

08 May 2013

New material for Co2 capture discovered

08 May 2013

New material for Co2 capture discovered

08 May 2013

Seahorse’s armour gives engineers insight into robotics designs

04 May 2013

The tail of a seahorse can be compressed to about half its size before permanent damage occurs, engineers at the University of California, San Diego, have found.