(Phys.org) —A class of water-loving, jelly-like materials with uses ranges ranging from the mundane, such as superabsorbent diaper liners, to the sophisticated, such as soft contact lenses, could be tapped ...

Nanotechnology - Bio & Medicine

May 15, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

(Phys.org) —A team from Harvard and MIT presented their work at the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) in Germany. Their contribution: "Robot Self-Assembly by Folding: ...

Electronics - Robotics

May 09, 2013 3.8 / 5 (4) 0 |

(Phys.org) —Fact or fiction? Stained glass found in medieval cathedrals becomes thicker at the bottom because glass moves over time. For years researchers have had their doubts, now a team at Texas Tech ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

May 07, 2013 3.9 / 5 (14) 4 |

(Phys.org) —A team led by Berkeley Lab Materials Sciences Division's Jeffrey Urban and Rachel Segalman have discovered highly conductive polymer behavior occurring at a polymer/nanocrystal interface. The ...

Nanotechnology - Nanomaterials

May 07, 2013 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

(Phys.org) —An old, somewhat passé, trick used to purify protein samples based on their affinity for water has found new fans at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, where materials scientists ...

Nanotechnology - Nanomaterials

May 01, 2013 5 / 5 (5) 2 |

Being a physicist offers many perks. For one, it allows an understanding of the substances ubiquitous in everyday industrial products such as emulsions, gels, granular pastes or foams. These are known for their intermediate ...

Physics - Condensed Matter

Apr 30, 2013 not rated yet 0

A team of researchers from the National Institute of Material Science and the Max Plank Institute for Polymer Research has developed the world's first supramolecular thiophene nanosheets, which is a 2-dimensional ...

Nanotechnology - Nanomaterials

Apr 25, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

University of Nebraska-Lincoln materials engineers have developed a structural nanofiber that is both strong and tough, a discovery that could transform everything from airplanes and bridges to body armor ...

Nanotechnology - Nanomaterials

Apr 24, 2013 4.9 / 5 (27) 0 |

A team of researchers headed by Director Susumu Kitagawa, at Kyoto University Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), has found that small porous materials increase in memory shape function as they get smaller. ...

Chemistry - Polymers

Apr 23, 2013 not rated yet 0

Stem cells can be coaxed to grow into new bone or new cartilage better and faster when given the right molecular cues and room inside a water-loving gel, researchers at Case Western Reserve University show.

Chemistry - Materials Science

Apr 11, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

Jose Ramon Sarasua and Aitor Larrañaga, researchers in the materials engineering department of the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country, have been studying new materials or implants that are of interest ...

Chemistry - Polymers

Apr 02, 2013 3.7 / 5 (3) 0

Scientists may soon be able to turn to one of the most powerful forces in biology—evolution—to help in their quest to develop new synthetic polymers.

Chemistry - Polymers

Apr 02, 2013 5 / 5 (5) 7 |

Semiconducting polymers are an unruly bunch, but University of Michigan engineers have developed a new method for getting them in line that could pave the way for cheaper, greener, "paint-on" plastic electronics.

Nanotechnology - Nanomaterials

Mar 24, 2013 4.7 / 5 (6) 5 |

Nonvolatile memory that can store data even when not powered is currently used for portable electronics such as smart phones, tablets, and laptop computers. Flash memory is a dominant technology in this field, ...

Nanotechnology - Nanophysics

Mar 18, 2013 3 / 5 (2) 0

(Phys.org) —Researchers from North Carolina State University have come up with a low-cost way to enhance a polymer called MEH-PPV's ability to confine light, advancing efforts to use the material to convert electricity ...

Physics - Optics & Photonics

Mar 18, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0 |