Double-sided van der Waals epitaxy across an ultrathin membrane provides a new method for growing a vertical junction with an atomically sharp interface, enabling the direct detection of selection ...

Material Components for Android (MDC-Android) help developers execute Material Design. Developed by a core team of engineers and UX designers at Google, these components enable a reliable development ...

Polyurethane (PU) started as a solution to a 1930s shortage, but today it's a key material in industries from insulation to cushioning. Invented in 1937 by Otto Bayer and his team in Germany ...

Dezeen Showroom: HIMACS has released new versions of its key colours made with certified recycled content, including bright Alpine White. HIMACS' recycled content colours contain up to 16 per cent ...

The organic material found in a few areas on the surface of dwarf planet Ceres is probably of exogenic origin. Impacting asteroids from the outer asteroid belt may have brought it with them.

Researchers at Caltech, led by Professor Chiara Daraio, have developed an intriguing new type of material that behaves like both a solid and a liquid, depending on the type of stress applied. This ...

Researchers have developed high-performance nano-architected materials that have the strength of carbon steel but the lightness of Styrofoam. Developed by researchers at the University of Toronto ...

Bioinspired materials are synthetic materials whose structure, properties or function mimic those of natural materials or living matter. Examples of bioinspired materials are light-harvesting ...

Meanwhile, researchers are working on finding new clothing materials that are less damaging to the environment. ‘A good starting point is to look at how we can change our habits and everyday behaviour ...

Prices for recycled PET pellets have decreased in North America due to seasonal demand. According to market sources in discussion with Plastics News, prices for clear post-consumer PET pellets ...

Researchers at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering have used machine learning to design nano-architected materials that have the strength of carbon steel but the ...

An item isn't truly "recycled" until it makes it back onto the grocery shelves as a new product or turned into something else. So how much recyclable material ends up back in the supermarket as a ...