Engineers studied self-assembled block polymer membranes, which allow for both customizable and uniform pore sizes, as a platform for water treatment systems

The antifungal application could prove invaluable among those highly susceptible to infection, such as the elderly, hospitalized, or disabled patients

The new muscles are made from carbon fiber-reinforced siloxane rubber and have a coiled geometry

Scientists have created a non-invasive, adhesive patch, which promises the measurement of glucose levels through the skin without a finger-prick blood test

Discovery is an important one for the future of electronics

Developing atomically thin 'drumheads' for ultra-low power communications and sensory devices

A passive, durable, and effective method of water collection, fog harvesting consists of catching the microscopic droplets of water suspended in the wind that make up fog

Wireless real-time monitoring could add precision to the linkage between diet and health

Discovery suggests the possibility of non-invasive metabolic monitoring for use in research and development of improved therapeutics

Engineers develop eco-friendly panels that switch from transparent to opaque

NYU Tandon Professor André D. Taylor's research team combines materials and borrows lessons from nature to build a better organic solar cell

In lab tests, mechanical stresses transformed a flexible strip of the material into a hard composite that can support 50 times its own weight