Materials

The International Space Station (I.S.S.) National Laboratory wants your advanced materials and manufacturing projects. It is currently soliciting flight projects for in-space production applications to advance applications that can bring…

An international team of researchers has developed a technique using liquid metal to create an elastic material impervious to both gases and liquids. The material could be important in packaging high-value technologies that require…

Researchers at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) are too cool for school... and too hot. They've created a building material that changes its infrared color based on the amount of heat it absorbs…

Smaller size has always been a goal of virtually any manufactured good. From a material standpoint, smaller means fewer materials and lower cost. From a user's perspective, smaller means easier to carry, fit in a pocket, and transport. From…

Most new methods of developing materials created in the lab are not suited for industrial-scale use. Researchers at The Institute of Industrial Science at The University of Tokyo developed a cheap and straightforward method of bonding…

Polyvinyl chloride is one of the most produced plastics in the world, ranking third by volume. It's in nearly everything: hospital equipment, plumbing, window frames, housing trim, tents, shower curtains, and even our clothing. It coats the…

Materials informatics (MI) today involves AI and machine learning and has the potential to transform materials development. An IDTechEx research report, "Materials Informatics 2023-2033," covers the emerging field and includes case studies…

Researchers at Aalto University developed a new material that changes its electrical behavior based on previous experience—gaining a form of adaptive memory. Scientists could use these materials in next-gen medical and environmental…

Eric Schmidt has some recommendations for Washington regarding its policies. The former Google CEO is encouraging US politicians to counter China's rising technological ambitions by ramping up regulatory scrutiny, encouraging more private…

Representing an advance for quantum materials, scientists tested the ability of techniques called entanglement witnesses to accurately identify pairs of entangled magnetic particles. Entanglement is when one of the particles mirrors…