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Kyoto University researchers have designed a temperature-controllable copper-based material for sieving or storing different kinds of...

Jan 28, 20192 min read

It all starts with an ear. Empa researcher Michael Hausmann removes the object shaped like a human ear from the 3D printer and explains:...

Jan 16, 20192 min read

Polymers containing plastics are essential in modern life. Being lightweight, strong and unreactive, a vast range of technologies depend...

Dec 26, 20182 min read

Complexity in nature, whether in chlorophyll or in living organisms, often results from self-assembly and is considered particularly...

Dec 13, 20184 min read

In a discovery that could pave the way for new materials and applications, materials scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have...

Dec 7, 20183 min read

From iPhones on Earth to rovers on Mars, most electronics only function within a certain temperature range. By blending two organic...

Dec 6, 20183 min read