Material Science & Technology

A group of researchers is making progress in developing new metallo-organic systems, Use special materials to build trash cans. The artist's impression of scintillation in a metallo-organic framework. Source: Elmholtz-Zentrum...

What do corncobs and tomato peels have to do with electronics? They both can be used to salvage (Bio-based materials used to salvage rare earth elements) valuable rare earth elements,...

Newly discovered magnetic interactions in the Kagome layered topological magnet TbMn6Sn6 could be the key to customizing how electrons flow through these materials. Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s...

Industry uses magnetic materials in applications ranging from data storage and mobile phones to motors and sensors. Researchers are always on the lookout for new magnetic particles as technology advances...

Scientists at the University of Manchester have developed a new but simple method for creating vertical bundles of alternating superconducting and insulating layers of tantalum disulphide (TaS2). The findings (Important...

Effective adsorbents for industrial (Nano-sponges to quickly clean wastewater) wastewater treatment are important to minimize potential environmental damage. In particular, organic dyes, as an important group of industrial pollutants, are...

Graphene scientists at the University of Manchester have developed a new "nano Petri dish" that uses two-dimensional (2D) materials to create a new way to observe particle motion. Published in...

A textbook process known as "Ostwald ripening," named after Nobel Prize-winning chemist Wilhelm Ostwald, has guided the design of new materials (How are nanoparticles grown) for decades, including nanoparticles -- tiny...

Nature creates layered materials like bone and pearls that become less prone to flaws as they grow older. Now, researchers have created - using biomimetic proteins modeled on squid teeth,...

A research team from the Department of Energy Engineering at the University of Seville has developed an experimental research focused (A new bio-inspired PEM fuel cell with graphene sponge) on...