Scientists at Penn State have harnessed a unique property called incipient ferroelectricity to create a new type of computer memory that could revolutionize how electronic devices work, such as using ...

Assessing powder flowability is crucial for industrial processes. Factors like cohesive strength and particle shape influence ...

Controlling the material's properties requires squeezing this elastomer-forming ink through the nozzle of a 3D printer, which induces changes to the ink's internal structure and aligns rigid ...

New 3D printing technology achieves 130-fold better precision, allowing nanoscale control over strength and flexibility in printed materials.

A technique called resonant inelastic X-ray scattering, or RIXS, is particularly suited for probing samples as thin as one ...

Empa researchers are working on producing artificial muscles that can keep up with the real thing. They have now developed a ...

The discovery offers a new way to make ferroelectric materials without modifying their chemical formulation, which commonly degrades several useful properties. This has implications for next ...

When mechanical and structural engineers design machines, bridges, and buildings, they calculate loads, stresses, and ...

A team of researchers created Morpho, an open-source programmable environment that enables researchers and engineers to conduct shape optimization and design for soft materials. Applications can be ...

Quantum materials research leverages advanced nanoscale techniques to uncover properties essential for innovations in quantum ...

Materials science and engineering seeks to understand the fundamental physical origins of material behavior in order to optimize properties of existing materials through structure modification and ...

Students will develop an understanding that objects and materials have characteristics or properties. Students will be able to recognize similarities between the properties of certain objects and ...