Material Science & Technology

The current global energy crisis has led to an urgent need to reduce dependence on non-renewable energy. Solar energy is one of the best strategies for sustainable energy production. Xi'an...

Research and synthesis of new materials can lead to environmentally sustainable products such as solar panels and light emitting diodes (LED). Scientists from Ames National Laboratory and Iowa State University...

"We insert nanotubes into bacteria," explains Professor Ardemis Boghossian from the School of Basic Sciences of EPFL. “It doesn't seem exciting at first glance, but it's a big deal. The...

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...