In materials science, if you can understand the "texture" of a material—how its internal patterns form and shift—you can ...

For a long time, material development has focused on enhancing performance and reducing costs. Efforts have been directed toward making products lighter, tougher, better insulated, more beautiful, ...

2D materials are widely seen as a promising path toward better computer chips. Researchers at TU Wien have now shown that ...

Fusion energy has the potential to be an effective clean energy source, as its reactions generate incredibly large amounts of energy. Fusion reactors aim to reproduce on Earth what happens in the core ...

An introductory course focused on the new and existing materials that are crucial for mitigating worldwide anthropogenic CO2 emissions and associated greenhouse gases. Emphasis will be placed on how ...

But nacre, the lustrous substance mollusks use to line their shell, is becoming prized once more, this time in materials ...

The integration of self-driving laboratories and advanced automation software is revolutionising the fields of chemistry and materials science. By harnessing the power of robotics, artificial ...

Scientists have developed artificial heterostructures made of freestanding 2D and 3D membranes that have an energy density up to 19 times higher than commercially available capacitors. Electrostatic ...

The Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), a leading institution in materials technology development in South Korea, ...

The undergraduate minor in materials science and engineering provides students with a foundation of engineering, science and mathematics to address challenges that impact public health, safety and ...

Since establishment as the world’s first materials science academic department, Northwestern Engineering has led and defined the frontier of material research, enabling transformative technologies ...