. Scientific Frontline: Material Science
Showing posts with label Material Science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Material Science. Show all posts
Monday, March 23, 2026

Boron arsenide semiconductor sets record in quantum vibrations

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Graphic representation of coherent phonon vibration in a boron arsenide lattice, with energetic boron atoms represented in yellow and cryoge...

International Team of Scientists Developed an Ecological Dryer for "Northern" Summer

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Experiments have shown that the dehumidifier accumulates heat in just 140 minutes of a sunny day, and then gives it away for almost 24 hours...
Saturday, March 21, 2026

Diamonds are not a geoengineer’s best friend

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Absorption not Reflection. Image Credit: Scientific Frontline Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Stratospheric...
Friday, March 20, 2026

Researchers Demonstrate How Magnets Influence Behavior of Metamaterials

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Photo Credit: Haoze Sun Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Magnetized Metamaterial Behavior The Core Concept :...

Making an ‘acoustic tractor beam’: Showing how sound can remotely reprogram material stiffness

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A research team including members from the University of Michigan showed how “kinks” within a material could be moved using acoustic waves. ...

Lead-free thin films turn everyday vibrations into electricity

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Fabricating lead-free piezoelectric films on silicon   Using a sputtering technique widely employed in semiconductor manufacturing, research...
Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Stable, Fast, Mass-producible: Breakthrough in Light-based Data Connections

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The compact modulator enables fast and energy-efficient data transmission and can be produced at low cost. Photo Credit: Hugo Larocque, EPFL...
Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Scientists Create a New State of Matter at Room Temperature Using Light and Nanostructures

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From left to right: Professor Wei Bao, Ph.D. student Wei Li, and Ph.D. student Yilin Meng perform experiments in Bao's lab. Photo Credit...

Superconductor advance could unlock ultra-energy-efficient electronics

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The conceptual image shows how the researchers’ sculpted pattern of tiny hills and valleys – smaller than one millionth of a hair’s thicknes...

Light-activated material offers new approach to carbon dioxide conversion

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Photo Credit: Courtesy of The University of Manchester Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Light-Activated Carb...
Monday, March 16, 2026

Engineered yeast gives the U.S. a green edge in the critical minerals market

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Researchers genetically engineered the metabolic pathways in yeast to produce oxalic acid, which can be used to extract free rare earth elem...

Extracting More Information from Exhaled Breath

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The EBClite smart mask can analyze the chemicals in one's breath in real time. Photo Credit: Caltech/Wei Gao and Wenzheng Heng Scientifi...
Saturday, March 14, 2026

Giving stem cells room to breathe

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Hybrid stem cell spheroids containing biodegradable nanogel microfibers improve oxygen diffusion and enhance muscle regeneration in a rat sw...
Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Atom-thin material could help solve chip manufacturing problem

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Atomically thin material with extraordinary plasma resistance allows for high-aspect ratio nanofabrication Image Credit: Scientific Frontlin...

Soft Fibers that Move with Electricity

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Electrically driven 'soft yarn' (soft fiber actuator) realized by thermal drawing. Image Credit: ©Tohoku University Scientific Front...
Saturday, March 7, 2026

Material previously thought to be quantum is actually new, nonquantum state of matter

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Research scientist Bin Gal Photo Credit: Courtesy of Rice University Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : The No...

Tiny thermometers offer on-chip temperature monitoring for processors

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A team including Anirban Chowdhury, left, and Dipanjan Sen, right, developed an incredibly tiny thermometer that can be integrated directly ...
Thursday, March 5, 2026

Non-destructive battery testing using special nuclear magnetic resonance techniques

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Conceptual artwork depicting the ZULF-NMR measurement of a pouch-cell battery (center) using quantum sensors such as optically pumped magnet...

Polymers that crawl like worms: How materials can develop direction without being told where to go

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Jan Smrek, PhD Photo Credit: © Sophie Hanak Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Entropic Tug of War in Polymers...
Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Electrically Detecting 'Liquid-Crystal' Phase Promises Attractive Advancements in Magnets

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Crystal and electronic structures for PT-symmetric antiferromagnet SrMnBi2 with Dirac electrons  Image Credit: ©Hideaki Sakai Scientific Fro...