In materials science, if you can understand the "texture" of a material—how its internal patterns form and shift—you can ...

A small strip of rubbery material sits motionless on a lab bench at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. A researcher aims ...

A group of scientists and engineers that includes researchers from The University of Texas at Austin has created a new class of materials that can absorb low energy light and transform it into higher ...

A light-sensitive crystal is opening the door to a new era of “light-written” technology. Arsenic trisulfide can be reshaped ...

A research team from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has successfully used mechanical ...

Engineers at MIT have developed a new ultrathin material as light as plastic but stronger than steel. The durable material could be used in vehicles or electronics, and makes use of a manufacturing ...

Ultraviolet (UV) light has higher energy photons than visible light and, thus, has more applications. Researchers have now developed a brilliant innovation -- a solid-state material that can stably ...

Scientists show laser light can push graphene in space, opening the door to fuel-free movement and control of future spacecraft.

This simple-sounding material is not only strong, but extremely light, weighing just a few micrograms per layer. The team measured the material to have a hardness of over 11 GigaPascals (GPa), and an ...