Wastewater heats homes, soft support for stable glass, and other materials stories that may be of interest for March 20, 2024.
Read MoreHealable cathode, flexible nanodiamonds, and other materials stories that may be of interest for March 13, 2024.
Read MoreThe arrangement and movement of electrons within a ceramic material has the potential to greatly influence its resistance to brittle fracture. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego and Linköping University published an open-access paper demonstrating the effect that electronic structure has on plastic deformation in high-entropy carbides.
Read MoreMolecule-sized electronic sensor, glass-based femtosecond laser, and other materials stories that may be of interest for October 11, 2023.
Read MoreRobots cannot move easily in granular environments, such as sand. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, designed a robot inspired by sea turtle hatchlings that can swim untethered through sand. This robot could improve the ability of researchers to collect data in granular environments.
Read MoreGrow atomically thin transistors, a sapphire Schrödinger’s cat, and other materials stories that may be of interest for May 3, 2023.
Read MoreIn 2020, researchers led by the University of Maryland developed an ultrafast high-temperature sintering method to achieve rapid, pressureless sintering of ceramics. Now, they and colleagues from Alfred University and the University of California, San Diego used this method to fabricate high-quality silica glass.
Read MoreCeramics improve MRIs, 3D printing on Mars, and other materials stories that may be of interest for September 14, 2022.
Read MoreFlashing creates 2D boron nitride, graphene tattoo monitors blood pressure, and other materials stories that may be of interest for July 13, 2022.
Read MoreDespite extensive support, the vast majority of projects that seek to commercialize carbon capture and storage technologies have ended in failure. Researchers led by the University of California, San Diego investigated the factors important to determining failure or success.
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