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Material’s ‘incipient’ property could jumpstart fast, low-power electronics

Scientists at Penn State have harnessed a unique property called incipient ferroelectricity to create a new type of computer memory…

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Cooling materials — Out of the 3D printer

Rapid, localized heat management is essential for electronic devices and could have applications ranging from wearable materials to burn treatment.…

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Breaking the pattern: How disorder toughens materials

Cut open a bone and you'll see a subtly disordered structure. Tiny beams, called trabeculae, connect to one another in…

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Could we really make Captain America’s shield? A materials scientist weighs in.

Captain America’s star-spangled shield can stand up against the universe’s most powerful forces all thanks to vibranium. This fictional and…

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Recycling the Unrecyclable: Reclaiming materials from epoxy resins and composites

Epoxy resins are coatings and adhesives used in a broad range of familiar applications, such as construction, engineering and manufacturing.…

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Improving the performance of biosensors: Developing new materials for effectively harnessing the power of enzymes

Enzymes play a crucial role in the chemical reactions occurring in the human body and nature. However, enabling effective and…

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Strong as steel, light as foam: High-performance, nano-architected materials

Researchers at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering have used machine learning to design nano-architected materials…

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Finding better photovoltaic materials faster with AI

Perovskite solar cells are a flexible and sustainable alternative to conventional silicon-based solar cells. Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of…

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Packaging materials didn’t cause Walmart broth recall, says TreeHouse Foods

Dive Brief: TreeHouse Foods, the company that makes Walmart’s Great Value chicken broth that’s part of a recall, said via…

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Harnessing electromagnetic waves and quantum materials to improve wireless communication technologies

A team of researchers from the University of Ottawa has developed innovative methods to enhance frequency conversion of terahertz (THz)…

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