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The materials that will be game-changers in solar technology, medical applications, defense technologies and nanotechnology.
Carbon Nanotubes Stand To Attention
A 2D X-ray scattering pattern containing information about the multiscale structure of a carbon nanotube (CNT)…
Soft Engines Enabled Through The Elastic Leidenfrost Effect
From the Leidenfrost effect, physicists have discovered a variation: the elastic Leidenfrost effect which explains…
Printing Technique Fabricates High-Efficiency PV Solar Cells
A new low-temperature solution printing technique allows fabrication of high-efficiency perovskite solar cells with…
The New Glue That Holds Flexible Electronics Together
A new type of glue that can be used to bond hydrogels to other hard or soft objects has been developed by a team of…
The Secret To The Strength Of Roman Concrete
Lasting for thousands of years and seemingly stronger with each passing year, Roman concrete is famous for its…
Ferroelectric Material Applied Onto One Electrode
Simone Fabiano and his colleagues at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics have managed to apply a thin layer of a…
Taking your polymer for an illuminated walk
A new material has been developed that can propel itself forward under the influence of light, and when polymer is…
Dialysis membrane produced from graphene
Scientists have produced a material that can filter nanometer-sized molecules at 10 to 100 times the rate of…
Transient electronics dissolve when cooled
Cotton candy capillaries lead to circuit boards that dissolve when cooled Building transient electronics is usually…
Introducing the first walking robot who is soft enough to cuddle
The first robot built of soft, deployable materials is capable of moving itself without the use of motors or any…