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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By April Gocha / September 9, 2015

Engineered self-cleaning surfaces, self-healing squid teeth plastic, and other materials stories that may be of interest for September 9, 2015.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By April Gocha / September 8, 2015

Google gets a metallurgist, new understanding of electronic phase separation, and other materials stories that may be of interest for September 8, 2015.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By April Gocha / September 2, 2015

Quantum dot windows harvest sunlight, lunar fire fountain mystery unmystified, and other materials stories that may be of interest for September 2, 2015.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By April Gocha / September 1, 2015

Self-healing material for spacecraft, a nanoparticle book fit for drinking, and other materials stories that may be of interest for September 1, 2015.

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Perovskites could be new key to developing highly efficient, low-cost solar fuel cells

By Stephanie Liverani / August 28, 2015

A team led by Brown University researchers has been awarded $4 million by the National Science Foundation to study a promising new type of solar cell—solar cells made from perovskites.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By April Gocha / August 26, 2015

Electrolytes go solid-state, quantum dots light the future, and other materials stories that may be of interest for August 26, 2015.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By April Gocha / August 25, 2015

Surprises about 2-D molybdenum disulfide, sulfur waste turns into plastic, and other materials stories that may be of interest for August 25, 2015.

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Tougher than tough: Borate that expands under pressure

By Xin Su / August 21, 2015

Not all 3-D materials shrink under pressure—some rare ones actually expand, according to researchers at the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By April Gocha / August 19, 2015

Producing high-temp ceramic nanofibers, new research center to study gallium nitride, and other materials stories that may be of interest for August 19, 2015.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By April Gocha / August 18, 2015

Tantalizing tantalum oxide discovery, vibrations to identify material composition, and other materials stories that may be of interest for August 18, 2015.

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