Scientists have taken inspiration from the biomimicry of butterfly wings and peacock feathers to develop an innovative opal-like material that could be the cornerstone of next generation smart sensors.
Materials Science
May 19, 2020
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Bioengineers from Trinity have developed a prototype patch that does the same job as crucial aspects of heart tissue.
Biochemistry
Feb 13, 2020
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A method for printing 3-D objects that can control living organisms in predictable ways has been developed by an interdisciplinary team of researchers at MIT and elsewhere. The technique may lead to 3-D printing of biomedical ...
Materials Science
Jan 23, 2020
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ETH researchers have created an incredibly lightweight 18-carat gold, using a matrix of plastic in place of metallic alloy elements.
Nanomaterials
Jan 10, 2020
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Materials scientists aim to enable surface-trap-mediated nonradiative charge recombination to engineer highly efficient metal-halide perovskite photovoltaics (solar cells). Since unproductive charge recombination at surface ...
Producing functional fabrics that perform all the functions we want, while retaining the characteristics of fabric we're accustomed to is no easy task.
Materials Science
Oct 10, 2019
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Understanding how natural materials are created has helped a Griffith University research team create a smart material platform to aid in the creation of new drugs and even help in the clean-up of polluted environments.
Materials Science
Sep 25, 2019
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A unique new flexible and stretchable device, worn against the skin and capable of producing electrical energy by transforming the compounds present in sweat, was recently developed and patented by CNRS researchers from l"Université ...
Nanophysics
Sep 25, 2019
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In a study just published in the renowned journal Advanced Functional Materials, a team of American and Dutch researchers present design strategies for adjusting the thermal expansion behavior of microporous Metal-Organic ...
Materials Science
Sep 25, 2019
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Machine learning algorithms can sometimes do a better job with a little help from human expertise, at least in the field of materials science.
Materials Science
Aug 16, 2019
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