Researchers have found a way to magnetize this material using light, an effect that persists for hours at a time.

New battery technology employs multifunctional materials.

A waste product from making paper could yield a safer, greener alternative to the potentially harmful chemical BPA, now banned from baby bottles but still used in many plastics. Scientists made the BPA alternative from lignin, the compound that gives wood its strength, and they say it could be ready for the market within five years.

Berkeley Lab researchers discover new rules for single-particle imaging with light-emitting nanocrystals.

U of Utah engineers shrink plasma devices to resist radiation.

BASF has established the research initiative “Network for Advanced Materials Open Research” (NAO) together with seven leading universities and research institutes in China, Japan and South Korea.

Most modern electronics, from flat-screen TVs and smartphones to wearable technologies and computer monitors, use tiny light-emitting diodes, or LEDs. These LEDs are based off of semiconductors that emit light with the movement of electrons. As devices get smaller and faster, there is more demand for such semiconductors that are tinier, stronger and more energy efficient.

A new Center for Dielectrics and Piezoelectrics, supported by the National Science Foundation and co-located at Penn State University and North Carolina State University, will build on and expand the research capabilities of Penn State's long-running Center for Dielectrics Studies.

U of Utah Engineers Control Conductivity with Inkjet Printer.

Scientists are working toward even stronger and more elastic glass types which would fail in a ductile fashion instead of shattering.

The trick to producing a synthetic version of this superstrong material may finally be realized.

Carnegie Mellon University's Metin Sitti Develops System for Replicating How Geckos Keep Webbed Feet Sticky and Clean.