Scientists create world’s first room temperature superconductor
Compressing simple molecular solids with hydrogen at extremely high pressures, scientists have, for the first time, created material that is superconducting at room temperature.
In...
Japanese art of kirigami inspires new way to make 3D nanostructures
A new technique that mimics the ancient Japanese art of kirigami may offer an easier way to fabricate complex 3D nanostructures for use in...
This cheap solar-powered water filter could remove contaminants
A new invention that uses sunlight to drive water purification could help solve the problem of providing clean water off the grid.
The device resembles...
New material could improve energy efficiency of spintronics devices
As computers and electronic devices get smaller and smaller, engineers are developing new technologies to enable devices to shrink even further while improving performance.
One...
Scientists turn tires into graphene that makes stronger concrete
This could be where the rubber truly hits the road.
Rice University scientists have optimized a process to convert waste from rubber tires into graphene...
Scientists unravel the secrets of printed electronics
Next-gen electronics is envisioned to be non-rigid, component-free, flexible, bendable, and easily integrable with different objects.
Direct-write printing techniques provide unique opportunity to enable this...
Scientists find the most flexible 2D material
Scientists at University of Texas at Austin, find a new kind of two-dimensional (2D) material with unique properties.
The discovery brings the next-generation flexible electronic...
Scientists find way to turn wood into plastic
Plastics are one of the world's largest polluters, taking hundreds of years to degrade in nature.
Scientists have created a high-quality bioplastic from wood...
Optical fiber could boost power of superconducting quantum computers
The secret to building superconducting quantum computers with massive processing power may be an ordinary telecommunications technology — optical fiber.
Physicists at the National Institute...
Scientists find way to coordinate several drones to deliver heavy packages
Many parcel delivery drones of the future are expected to handle packages weighing five pounds or less, a restriction that would allow small, standardized...