Materials Science and Engineering

Materials Science and Engineering

Microscopic view of multicolored conductive pathways.

Oct 1, 2024

Researchers illuminate inner workings of new-age soft semiconductors

Electronics & Networking, Materials

Illustration of skin tissues rendered transparent.

Sep 5, 2024

Using a common food dye, researchers made mouse skin transparent

Health, Materials

Blowtorch heating gel on plywood.

Aug 22, 2024

New gels could protect buildings during wildfires

Environment, Materials

Metamaterial reactor producing carbon monoxide.

Aug 19, 2024

Electric reactor could cut industrial emissions

Energy, Environment, Technology & Society

Close up of a syringe bottle.

Aug 7, 2024

A step toward more effective vaccines

Health, Materials

Simple drawing of molecule structure in blue.

Jul 12, 2024

The future of polymers

Energy, Materials

Microscopic view of pancreatic cancer tissue stained with red, green, and blue markers.

Jul 5, 2024

Reversing chemotherapy resistance in pancreatic cancer

Health, Materials

Pouring wastewater into containers.

Jun 24, 2024

Canary in the sewer: Using wastewater as a disease early warning tool

Environment, Health

Portrait of Calyton Bates wearing a beige dress shirt and red tie.

May 1, 2024

Clayton Bates Jr., expert on photoelectronic materials and devices who worked to promote equity in STEM education, has died

School News

Black and white portrait of Robert White, placed in the middle of a cardinal red background.

Feb 15, 2024

Robert White, expert on magnetics and former chair of electrical engineering, dies at 96

School News

Digital representation of battery icons on a circuit.

Feb 7, 2024

Sitting idle boosts the performance of lithium metal batteries for next-generation EVs

Energy, Transportation & Robotics

appel hydrogel web banner image

Nov 20, 2023

New drug delivery system could reduce daily diabetes shots to just three a year

Health, Materials, Technology & Society

Close-up of miniature solar photovoltaic cells.

Nov 16, 2023

Empowering the next generation of sustainable energy researchers

Electronics & Networking, Energy, Technology & Society

Oct 30, 2023

What’s standing in the way of sustainable steel?

Environment, Materials

Woman applying moisturizer in front of a bathroom mirror.

Sep 26, 2023

Why does our skin feel ‘tight’ after using a facial cleanser?

Health, Materials

Illustration of a double helix with plant material sprouting from the top.

Jun 6, 2023

Scientists talk sustainability at inaugural synthetic biology symposium

Energy, Environment, Health, Materials, Technology & Society

Sunlight through a glass of water

May 22, 2023

New nontoxic powder uses sunlight to quickly disinfect contaminated drinking water

Energy, Environment, Health, Materials, Technology & Society

Image of e-skin sensor with soft integrated circuits.

May 18, 2023

Soft ‘e-skin’ generates nerve-like impulses that talk to the brain

Electronics & Networking, Health, Materials, Technology & Society

Image of a circuit board.

May 5, 2023

New material opens the door for energy-efficient computing

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data, Electronics & Networking, Materials

Mar 2, 2023

A new way to identify bacteria in fluids

Artificial Intelligence, Health, Materials, Technology & Society

Various batteries from a high angle view.

Feb 1, 2023

Researchers illuminate barrier to next-generation battery

Energy, Materials

Side by side images of a battery material being exposed to flame and after exposure.

Dec 7, 2022

Flameproofing lithium-ion batteries with salt

Energy, Materials

Image on left of white lines depicting electron diffraction data. Image on right shows groupings of color to indicate charge density.

Nov 11, 2022

Microscopy and simulation unite to improve new-age polymers

Electronics & Networking, Materials

Jun 24, 2022

William Tiller, expert in materials solidification, has died

School News