EngineeringAugust 23, 2022
Sandcastle Engineering: A Geotechnical Engineer Explains How Water, Air and Sand Create Solid Structures
Building the ultimate sandcastle
Materials Science
Materials ScienceJuly 29, 2022
The Kavli Prize Presents: Understanding Molecules [Sponsored]
Jacob Sagiv is a chemist who studies properties of self-assembled monolayers. This year, he shared The Kavli Prize in Nanoscience for his research.
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Health CareJuly 1, 2022
Marker Tip—Without Ink!—Makes a Hardy Medical Sampler
The marker material conserved samples for up to a week
Materials ScienceApril 6, 2022
New ‘Ionogels’ Are Tough, Stretchable and Easy to Make
They could find use as protective material, 3-D printer “ink” or longer-lasting batteries
Materials ScienceFebruary 22, 2022
Quantum Friction Explains Water’s Freaky Flow
Physicists have finally solved the long-standing mystery of why water moves faster through narrower nanotubes
WaterNovember 17, 2021
‘Portable Oasis’ Extracts Water from Dry Desert Air
An ultraporous humidity sponge could provide 300 gallons of fresh water a day
Materials ScienceNovember 8, 2021
Seashells Inspire New Superstrong Glass Composite
The novel material mimics the layered structure of nacre
Materials ScienceOctober 7, 2021
This Is What a Solid Made of Electrons Looks Like
Physicists have imaged elusive ‘Wigner crystals’ for the first time
Materials ScienceOctober 5, 2021
The Mystery of Water Drops That Skate Across Oil at Impossible Speeds
The speed of these self-propelling droplets on a hot-oil surface seemed to defy physics until researchers broke out the super-slow-motion camera.
Materials ScienceSeptember 2, 2021
Hidden Particle Interactions Exposed by Peeling Layers of Graphene
Ions flowing through atom-thin stacks of carbon confirm classic theories but also yield new surprises
Materials ScienceAugust 20, 2021
A Flexible Fabric Could Harden into a Temporary House or Bridge
Ancient chain mail served as an inspiration for a highly unusual material that might one day lead to such applications
Materials ScienceJune 1, 2015
Sewage Is a Gold Mine (Literally)
Americans flush millions of dollars worth of precious metals down the toilet