A materials expert told Friends of ORNL that advanced nuclear reactors need 21st-century materials to withstand extreme ...
To wood or not to wood, that's been the question! Ever since oil-based plastics burst onto the manufacturing scene, cost, ...
Maryland-based startup InventWood is set to mass-produce the first batches of 'Superwood,' a new material made of modified timber that's stronger than regular barky stems, and even stronger than steel ...
The dawn of a new era in the aviation industry is fast approaching, thanks to the advent of a groundbreaking material that could slash airplane weight by as much as 50%. This phenomenal revelation has ...
Deep learning, a multifaceted and groundbreaking subset of Artificial Intelligence (AI), is reshaping various sectors, notably materials science. Its algorithms are now leveraged to predict and ...
Most solid materials we rely on, from steel, to plastics and ceramics, are designed to have specific properties. Whether a material is soft and flexible, or stiff and tough depends on how molecules ...
Finding new materials with useful properties is a primary goal for materials scientists, and it's central to improving technology. One exciting area of current research is 2D materials—super-thin ...
Rapidprint, the first of a new generation of materials made with enzymes and guided by AI, greatly speeds the 3D printing process In a historic first, US company Aether Biomachines is scaling up ...
Resin makers including Syensqo will be at K 2025 with a fleet of new materials. Brussels-based Syensqo, Hall 6/C16, will be spotlighting its Radel-brand polyphenylene sulfone (PPSU), which has medical ...
Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered new materials and a new process that could advance the ever-escalating quest to make smaller, faster, and affordable microchips used across modern electronics ...
This series was created for UL Research Institutes by Scientific American Custom Media, a division separate from the magazine’s board of editors. Though his lab in Skokie, Illinois, is thousands of ...