Cement built the modern world, but it also quietly helped heat the planet. As researchers race to cut emissions from ...

A new building material developed by engineers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute could change how the world builds. Made using an enzyme that turns carbon dioxide into solid minerals, the material ...

Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered new materials and a new process that could advance the ever-escalating quest to make smaller, faster, and affordable microchips used across modern electronics ...

Maryland-based startup InventWood is set to mass-produce the first batches of 'Superwood,' a new material made of modified timber that's stronger than regular barky stems, and even stronger than steel ...

Scientists at Rice University and University of Houston have developed an innovative, scalable approach to engineer bacterial cellulose into high-strength, multifunctional materials. Using a spinning ...

Researchers have created a new 2D carbon material that is actually stronger than graphene. The material was created by researchers at Rice University, and they say that it is strong enough to prevent ...

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 ...

Rapidprint, the first of a new generation of materials made with enzymes and guided by AI, greatly speeds the 3D printing process In a historic first, US company Aether Biomachines is scaling up ...

Finding new materials with useful properties is a primary goal for materials scientists, and it's central to improving technology. One exciting area of current research is 2D materials—super-thin ...

Engineering thermoplastics major Polyplastics Group will announce a new broad-based sustainability strategy at the upcoming K 2025 exhibition, which runs from Oct. 8 to 15 in Düsseldorf, Germany. At ...

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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 ...