New techniques for MEMS, GaN building blocks, and other materials stories that may be of interest for December 29, 2015.
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Freeze-casting mimics nature, intersection of art and science in glass, and other materials stories that may be of interest for December 15, 2015.
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Semiconductor patents pose problems, ultra-thin glass goes futuristic, and more ceramics and glass business news of the week for December 11, 2015.
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Researchers from North Carolina State University discovered a new phase of solid carbon that is harder than diamonds and can be formed at room temperature and at ambient atmospheric pressure.
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Scientists at Stanford University in California are developing a new solar cell that uses ‘invisible’ nanowires to redirect sunlight that is reflected away and lost with traditional solar cell designs.
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Piezoelectric washers, zinc oxide nanopyramids, and other materials stories that may be of interest for November 17, 2015.
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New ways to measure catalysts, zombie solar cells, and other materials stories that may be of interest for October 14, 2015.
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Scientists at Germany’s Freiberg University of Mining and Technology have figured out that they don’t have to dig up the earth to extract the semiconductor germanium—they can make plants do the work for them.
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American factories slow pace, Morgan’s new CEO, and more ceramics and glass business news of the week for September 11, 2015.
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The time-to-market gap for commercially viable graphene in electronic applications might just have shrunk even more—researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered a new method for growing graphene on germanium that naturally forms nanoribbons with smooth armchair edges.
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