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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / March 20, 2024

Wastewater heats homes, soft support for stable glass, and other materials stories that may be of interest for March 20, 2024.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / March 13, 2024

Healable cathode, flexible nanodiamonds, and other materials stories that may be of interest for March 13, 2024.

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Mitigating crack formation—electron-rich metals increase the fracture resistance of ceramics

By Lisa McDonald / October 24, 2023

The 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.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / October 11, 2023

Molecule-sized electronic sensor, glass-based femtosecond laser, and other materials stories that may be of interest for October 11, 2023.

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Video: Collecting data in granular environments—turtle-inspired robot can swim untethered under the sand

By Lisa McDonald / August 16, 2023

Robots 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.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / May 3, 2023

Grow atomically thin transistors, a sapphire Schrödinger’s cat, and other materials stories that may be of interest for May 3, 2023.

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Ultrafast high-temperature sintering offers rapid, pressureless production of high-quality glasses

By Lisa McDonald / September 16, 2022

In 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.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / September 14, 2022

Ceramics improve MRIs, 3D printing on Mars, and other materials stories that may be of interest for September 14, 2022.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / July 13, 2022

Flashing creates 2D boron nitride, graphene tattoo monitors blood pressure, and other materials stories that may be of interest for July 13, 2022.

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Obstacles and opportunities to commercializing carbon capture and storage

By Lisa McDonald / April 27, 2021

Despite 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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