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Fusion reactors get hot − scientists need materials that can take the heat without deforming and deteriorating.
Some materials react and generate potentially helpful particles when exposed to light. Analytical AI can help scientists sort through materials to find ones with this property.
New research demonstrates that the dye that gives nacho cheese its yellow-orange color can also make mouse skin see-through.
Researchers can use powerful microscopes to capture the tiny teeth in squid suckers.
Spacecraft exteriors that automatically heal from radiation damage would change the game − one material shows promise.
To model the inside of a supercapacitor, my team had to rework a common physics law that most high school students learn.
Summer means road construction − but what kind of engineering goes into laying down pavement?
A tonne of carbon dioxide is released for every tonne of cement manufactured from limestone.
I hate telling people I’m a chemist – but chemistry is the central science of the modern world.
Your skin heals from cuts and scrapes on its own − what if concrete could do that too?
‘Energetic’ materials are ones that readily ignite or detonate. The shapes of those materials have a big effect on how they burn or blow up.
Two forms of the same boron nitride molecules couldn’t look and act more different – but combining them could lead to applications that have the best of both worlds.
‘Living materials’ made with genetically engineered bacteria and Jell-O-like gel could make pollutants in water bodies nontoxic.
Some space rocks you can get for free – if you know how to identify them. Rarer materials cost more, and the asteroid sample NASA just brought back has a high price tag.
A team of scientists has developed a method for creating a new class of plastic materials that are potentially more recyclable than single-use plastics.
Quantum dots are a prime example of the way nanotechnology engineers materials at an atomic scale.
We can’t entirely eliminate food waste – but we can find cheap ways to turn it into something useful.
Around half of US industrial energy use goes toward separating molecules in industrial processes. Developing materials that can withstand harsh industrial conditions can help increase efficiency.
A potential new supermaterial isn’t so super after all, but the dream of a room-temperature superconductor is still very much alive.
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