In a review just published in Nature Materials, researchers take aim at the oldest principle in electronics: Ohm's law.

Scientists used patterned plastic surfaces to trick bacteria into halting their own spread. These designs may prevent ...

Noniridescent structural colors, by virtue of their pigment-like features and simple preparation techniques, have pivotal roles in color-related applications. However, because of the wide bandwidth ...

In the natural world, many things come in mirror-image pairs. Your left and right hands are a perfect example—they look alike but can’t be perfectly superimposed.

The pristine samples from asteroid Ryugu returned by the Hayabusa2 mission on December 6, 2020, have been vital to improving ...

Florals underfoot can be a fantastic way of adding interest on an often-forgotten surface, while keeping walls and décor ...

News & Views Published: January 2009 Optoelectronics Combining chemical worlds Alejandro L. Briseno & Peidong Yang Nature Materials 8, 7–8 (2009) Cite this article ...

Your inhalation and exhalation pattern is not only unique to you, it can be a marker of your physical and mental state, study suggests. Your inhalation and exhalation pattern is not only unique to ...

Cholesteric liquid crystal polymer network (CLCN) patterns have been applied in decorative and anticounterfeiting applications because of their vivid structural colors. In this article, a cholesteric ...

Scientists at McMaster University have demonstrated that natural genetic variations in a common species of mushroom can be used to create new strains capable of making customized, biodegradable ...

Why it matters: This research explores materials science through the lens of nature by studying how natural structures prevent damage and resist fracture. By investigating the fundamental physics ...