The U.S. National Science Foundation will invest $162 million for research into advanced materials capable of remarkable things: from being tough enough to withstand the heat of a fusion reactor to ...

Archaeologists in Poland uncovered two massive tombs hidden within megalithic structures often referred to as “Polish ...

Save the Date for the 2023 Innovation in Materials Symposium! The second annual Innovation in Materials Symposium at CU Boulder will be held Friday, August 18, 2023. Find out more and sign up to ...

Tohoku University and Fujitsu Limited have successfully used AI to derive new insights into the superconductivity mechanism ...

A new microscopy technique allows scientists to see single-atom-thick boron nitride by making it glow under infrared light.

Ocean Optics reports on how spectroscopy revolutionizes research by utilizing light to analyze materials, improving accuracy ...

"Self-driving" or "autonomous" labs are an emerging technology in which artificial intelligence guides the discovery process, ...

Today, a new multi-user materials science laboratory began its journey to the International Space Station, leaving NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., for NASA’s Kennedy Space ...

Materials science is a major priority in China, and underpins many growing industries, including advanced composites for wind turbines blades, next-generation semiconductors for solar cells, and ...

Handle with care Fuel rods being loaded into a reactor core at the Chooz B1 nuclear power station. Several other French reactors were shut down in late 2016 due to material defects in key components. ...

Members of a multifunctional thin film research group have published two landmark studies that explain how to engineer and enhance the stability of ferroelectric hafnium oxides, which are compatible ...