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
Adhesive tape glues Prefab houses together
05 Jun 2013
Organic polymers show sunny potential
03 Jun 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.
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
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
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
‘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.
A blueprint for reversible wrinkling in composite materials
By Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office | 25 Apr 2013
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