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Self-healing material can build itself from carbon in the air
A material designed by MIT chemical engineers can react with carbon dioxide from the air, to grow, strengthen, and even repair itself....
Oct 15, 20183 min read


Stepping toward a smaller carbon footprint
Burning fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas releases carbon into the atmosphere as CO2 while the production of methanol and other...
Oct 13, 20183 min read


Nanoparticles at the push of a button
Aaike van Vugt is the CEO and co-founder of VSPARTICLE, a company which supplies nanoparticle production technology. The spark ablation...
Oct 12, 20183 min read


The gods of small things
On the outside, the cluster made of 55 copper and aluminum atoms looks like a crystal, but chemically it has the properties of an atom....
Oct 5, 20183 min read


UntitledCommercially relevant bismuth-based thin film processing
Developing materials suitable for use in optoelectronic devices is currently a very active area of research. The search for materials for...
Oct 1, 20182 min read


Scientists use artificial neural networks to predict new stable materials
Artificial neural networks--algorithms inspired by connections in the brain--have "learned" to perform a variety of tasks, from...
Sep 18, 20182 min read
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