This research opens the door to a new generation of smart materials – from self-healing surfaces and dynamic sensors to ...

Scientists at Oregon State University have filed a patent on a design for a new magnetic resonance imaging contrast agent ...

Researchers engineered “gyromorphs,” a new type of metamaterial that combines liquid-like randomness with large-scale ...

Imagine a world where you can effectively block sound without the need for bulky and sometimes costly insulation. A game-changing technology is making this possible – a unique material that can block ...

If you live in a noisy urban area, you're gonna love the sound of this. Researchers in Switzerland have developed a material that can dampen street noise while being four times thinner than ...

A new composite material with passive cooling has been found to raise both the power and longevity of solar cells. The material, a sodium polyacrylate-LiCl composite that was affixed to the rear ...

Military-grade infrared vision goggles use detectors made of mercury cadmium telluride, a semiconducting material that’s particularly sensitive to infrared radiation. Unfortunately, you need to keep ...

History has shown that materials science has long prized symmetry and stability, celebrating crystals whose atoms lock into place like repeating tiles on an infinite floor. It is this type of order ...

Princeton University will be one of five higher education partners in a new National Science Foundation Artificial Intelligence Materials Institute (NSF AI-MI), marking a major investment in AI-driven ...