Rice Lab Grows Macroscale, Modular Materials from Bacteria
Bioscientists grow engineered living materials for contaminant remediation, catalysis
Materials Science
Researchers Develop a Cobalt-Free Cathode for Lithium-Ion Batteries
Innovation could lead to safer, longer-lasting power storage for electric vehicles and devices
Fundamental Research Improves Understanding of New Optical Materials
Research could lead to more sustainable items such as solar panels and LEDs
Deformation Fingerprints Will Help Researchers Design Better Metallic Materials
Researchers found that the statistical investigation of the nanoscale events can inform fatigue strength of metals
Damage-Free Way to Gauge the Health of Next-Gen Batteries for Electric Vehicles
Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy shows how solid-state lithium metal batteries degrade
Physicists Demo Method for Designing Topological Metals
Design principle could guide search for metals with immutable quantum states
Scientists Turn a Nanowire with Exotic Currents into a Probe for Magnetism
Team added a samarium hexaboride nanowire to the tip of their scanning tunneling microscope
Optical Rule Was Made to Be Broken
Rice engineers’ formula IDs materials for virtual reality, 3D displays
Modified Microwave Oven Cooks Up Next-Gen Semiconductors
The breakthrough could change the geometry of transistors used in microchips
Martian Rock-Metal Composite Shows Potential of 3D Printing on Mars
The process could one day be used on Mars to make tools or spare parts