Artists and scientists alike find inspiration in nature. But two recent scientific studies found inspiration in the same creature: the mantis shrimp. The creature’s incredibly tough materials and complex eyes inspired innovations that could lead to fracture-resistant biocomposites and highly advanced optical sensors.
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Breakthrough in “massless” energy storage, self-cooling laser made with a silica fiber, and other materials stories that may be of interest for March 24, 2021.
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Batteries mimic mammal bones for stability, nanoengineered cement seals leaky gas wells, and other materials stories that may be of interest for December 16, 2020.
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Ultrasound signals converted directly to visible images, cement-free concrete beats corrosion, and other materials stories that may be of interest for September 30, 2020.
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New forms of feldspars, the nature of glass-forming liquids, and other materials stories that may be of interest for June 10, 2020.
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3D print ultrathin concrete structures, gallium oxide for next-gen radiation detectors, and other materials stories that may be of interest for May 13, 2020.
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For successful nuclear nonproliferation initiatives, authorities must be able to detect and characterize radioactive sources—but how can they do so if the radioactive material was removed before they arrived? Researchers at North Carolina State University developed a technique that allows retrospective characterization of radioactive sources.
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Bend nanodiamonds, previously unseen transition in ferroelectrics, and other materials stories that may be of interest for February 12, 2020.
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Hafnium oxide-based ferroelectrics are promising materials for nonvolatile memory devices, as they are compatible with modern semiconductor technologies. Researchers led by the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology came up with a unique method to better characterize these materials.
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To advance carbon-based technologies, simpler techniques to process carbon materials are needed. Researchers at North Carolina State University actively investigate pulsed laser annealing for this purpose and recently discovered the technique can create reduced graphene oxide.
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