Equipping robots with sensors and dropping them into disaster zones could provide first responders with critical information about conditions on the ground

 Researchers are investigating polymers that change their color or fluorescence characteristics when placed under mechanical load

Chalcogenide glass is a unique material used to make optical components that operate at mid-infrared wavelengths

A new energy-efficient method has been developed to synthesize bioplastic ingredients

Researchers are using the physics of airflows to locate gaseous leaks more quickly in complex scenarios

When put under pressure, plastic crystals of neopentylglycol yield huge cooling effects

Topological materials could result in everything from more energy-efficient electronics to the development of novel superconductors

First-of-its-kind nanogenerator designed by UCLA researchers and colleagues also acts as a weather station

Cornell engineers have created simple machines constructed of biomaterials with properties of living things

The discovery will reveal more useful information about the assembly and properties of gel nanocomposites

The new analyzer provides easy, reliable, accurate, high-throughput analysis at twice the speed

By speaking the brain's language, the material is a portal between electronics and the brain