As people began wielding new materials, the technologies fundamentally changed humankind, the new book ‘The Alchemy of Us’ argues.

The fact that we start from a naturally based material drives us to put tech where tech normally doesn’t go really brings biology and technology together.” From “silk plastic” cups and bags to ...

Materials Science May Be the Most Important Technology of the Next Decade. Here’s Why A vast acceleration in our ability to create new, advanced materials will power industries from energy to ...

“My undergrad was in physics and I’m keen to apply this technology there,” Fedus said in the statement. “Because AI for science is one of the most strategically important areas to OpenAI ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Material science, at its core, is an interdisciplinary field focusing on the discovery ...

However, as modernization reaches new heights, the circular economy has become integral to the definition of "performance." Considering environmental impacts in material development represents a ...

In 1920, American physicist Joseph Valasek discovered ferroelectricity as a graduate student at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. More than a century (and some 20,000 research papers ...