The millimeter-thick paperboard behaves just like plastic; it's strong, transparent, shapeable—and can hold boiling water.

Microplastics and the much smaller nanoplastics enter the human body in various ways, for example through food or the air we breathe.

Forget headsets and gloves. Spanish scientists have created something far more intuitive: a display that lets you stick your ...

A team led by UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering has discovered materials that defy convention, shrinking when heated ...

Researchers at Virginia Tech have found a way to make biodegradable packaging stronger while using less energy in the process ...

MXene, a nanomaterial used in battery technology and as a high-performance lubricant, was previously difficult and hazardous ...

Laser engraving may seem like a process reserved for specialized workshops, but there are many materials you can work with right from home. It can be fun to personalize various it ...

Materials science is an interdisciplinary field concerned with the understanding and application of the properties of matter. Materials scientists study the connections between the underlying ...

State Key Laboratory of Bioinspired Interfacial Materials Science, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China State Key Laboratory of ...

China Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory of Quantum Matter, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China ...

Apr. 16, 2025 — When two materials come into contact, charged entities on their surfaces get a little nudge. This is how rubbing a balloon on the skin creates static electricity. Likewise ...