Inspired by kirigami, a type of Japanese paper art, researchers have created a new material that transforms from a grid into ...

Researchers from Skoltech Engineering Center's Hierarchically Structured Materials Laboratory have developed a new method to ...

As tough as medieval chainmail armor and as soft as a contact lens. This material is not taken from science fiction, it is a ...

Researchers have pioneered a new technique called X-ray linear dichroic orientation tomography, which probes the orientation of a material's building blocks at the nanoscale in three-dimensions. First ...

A new kind of 3D-printable material that can stretch, flex and still stay friendly to living cells could change how medical ...

Fungi are master engineers capable of building vast networks underground. Now, researchers have harnessed their capabilities to create a living building material that could be a sustainable ...

Progress in materials chemistry has often come from changing what things are made of, yet today we understand that how those components are arranged is just as important ...

Mono-material flexible film packaging structures based primarily on polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), or even polyethylene terephthalate (PET) are being promoted as an effective means of ...

Materials scientists at Rice University (TX, USA) and collaborators have developed a material that uses light to break down a ...

Electric cars and laptop batteries could charge up much faster and last longer thanks to a new structure that can be used to make much better capacitors in the future. When you purchase through links ...