top of page
NEWSROOM
Nanocellulose for novel implants: Ears from the 3D-printer
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
Researchers catalog defects that give 2-D materials amazing properties
Theoretical analysis distinguishes observed “holes” from the huge list of hypothetically possible ones. Amid the frenzy of worldwide...
Jan 15, 20194 min read
Cartilage could be key to safe ‘structural batteries’
Your knees and your smartphone battery have some surprisingly similar needs, a University of Michigan professor has discovered, and that...
Jan 14, 20193 min read
Scientists design new responsive porous material inspired by proteins
Scientists from the University of Liverpool have, for the first time, synthesized a new material that exhibits structural change and...
Jan 11, 20192 min read
Carrying and releasing nanoscale cargo with 'nanowrappers'
Nanocubes with hollow interiors and surface openings whose shape, size, and location are precisely controlled could be used to load and...
Jan 3, 20195 min read
'Rippling' under pressure
By studying the behavior of a deck of cards, and stacks of other materials, like steel and aluminum, scientists at Drexel University are...
Jan 2, 20193 min read
bottom of page