Materials Science News
Advance Could Change Modern Electronics
Posted on October 31, 2010 at 11:45:07 am
Researchers at Oregon State University have solved a quest in fundamental material science that has eluded scientists since the 1960s, and could form the basis of a new approach to electronics
Making Bone in the Laboratory
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 08:35:12 am
Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) have succeeded in mimicking the process of bone formation in the laboratory, and in visualizing the process in great detail
Stable Way to Store the Sun's Heat
Posted on October 27, 2010 at 08:13:26 am
Researchers at MIT have revealed exactly how a molecule called fulvalene diruthenium, which was discovered in 1996, works to store and release heat on demand
Light on Silicon Better Than Copper?
Posted on October 22, 2010 at 08:12:57 am
Step aside copper and make way for a better carrier of information -- light
Lightweight Construction Materials: Suitable for Car Wheels?
Posted on October 02, 2010 at 07:40:41 am
Just imagine your car suddenly comes to a halt on a quiet country road, and it's only four years old. This is not a pleasant thought. A breakdown is expensive. Not to mention the safety risk to the occupants
Gecko-inspired Printing of Electronic Circuits
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 09:22:13 am
Team of engineers has developed a reversible adhesion method for printing electronics on a variety of tricky surfaces such as clothes, plastic and leather
New High-Powered Organic Batteries?
Posted on September 16, 2010 at 07:39:10 am
The development of new organic batteries -- lightweight energy storage devices that work without the need for toxic heavy metals -- has a brighter future
'Spintronics' Heralds Next-Generation Computers
Posted on August 25, 2010 at 08:03:48 am
Using powerful lasers, scientists have discovered a new way to recognize currents of spinning electrons within a semiconductor
Widespread Plastic Debris in Atlantic Ocean
Posted on August 20, 2010 at 09:09:59 am
Despite growing awareness of the problem of plastic pollution in the world's oceans, little solid scientific information existed to illustrate the nature and scope of the issue
Extreme Darkness
Posted on August 19, 2010 at 09:55:52 am
Researchers have developed a laser power detector coated with the world's darkest material -- a forest of carbon nanotubes that reflects almost no light across the visible and part of the infrared spectrum














