Silicon chip manufacturers like Intel and TSMC are constantly outdoing themselves to make ever smaller features, but they are getting closer to the physical limits of silicon. “We already have very, ...

Cement-based materials provide a potential solution for mitigating climate change by trapping and storing atmospheric carbon dioxide as minerals, via a process known as carbonation. Despite extensive ...

In a paper published in Nature Materials, Wilson's lab group has reported on an innovative way to use a phenomenon referred to as frustration of long-range order in a material system to engineer ...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — We might not need rockets full of building supplies to start construction on Mars. Scientists have created living communities of bacteria and fungi that could survive in ...

The company says this marks the first time recycled materials have been used to produce new battery cells in the U.K. Altilium’s recycling process starts with dismantling and shredding end-of-life EV ...

Generative AI models have been used to create enormous libraries of theoretical materials that could help solve all kinds of problems. Now, scientists just have to figure out how to make them. In many ...

Researchers develop a recyclable sulfur-based polymer that enables 4D printing of soft robots with programmable shape changes and magnetic responsiveness. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Materials designed to ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A Kenyan company makes building panels from mushroom roots that cost two-thirds the price of traditional materials ...

Natural materials are grounding. Even in urban homes, materials such as wood, stone, linen, clay and wool can connect us back to nature. Start with wood: pine, oak, or walnut with visible grain to add ...