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A Paper Stronger than Steel
Buckypaper Raywhitby (CC Licensed)Buckypaper looks no different than carbon paper, but can be stronger than steel.Imagine flying an airplane, watching a television or using a laptop computer made, at...
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The Materialist
Francesco Stellacci, 35, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyArum Amy Yu; digital imaging by Neil DuerdenEarlier this year, Francesco Stellacci announced that his group had developed a material that...
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Tapping Carnival Tech, Researchers Create Nanofibers Inspired by Cotton Candy
Cotton Candy Tech Goes NanoKit Parker, Disease Biophysics Group at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied SciencesThe rotary drum (left) spins out soft nanofibers (above right), which look even...
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New Nanospheres are the Stiffest Biological Materials Ever Created,...
Through Nano-Science, Better Body ArmorU.S. ArmyA new material composed of nanospheres is the stiffest organic material ever reported and could lead to everything from tougher metals and composites to...
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New Nanometal Changes from Hard to Soft at the Flip of a Switch
Hard to Soft at the Push of a ButtonHelmholtz Association of German Research CentresMaterials scientists are constantly trying to tweak their products to be a little stronger, a little less brittle, a...
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Robotic Venus Flytraps Will Trap Bugs and Eat Them For Fuel
Flytrap RobotBioinspiration & Biomimetics via PhysOrgThe nanomaterial in this flytrap design can mimic muscle function.It's alarming enough when robots ingest plant detritus like twigs and grass...
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Say 'I Love You Very Little' With the World's Smallest Valentine
I Love You With Every Bit of My Five-Nanometer HeartUniversity of Birmingham, Nanoscale Physics Research LaboratoryIn one of those scientific breakthroughs that makes John McCain want to strangle an...
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Introducing Our Latest Theme Week!
We are living in a material world...Popular ScienceThis week, as a companion to Popular Science's November issue, we're bringing you a bunch of stories about materials science--a field that touches on...
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FYI: What's The Lightest Metal On Earth?
Light, But Not DelicateCourtesy HRL LabsThe lighter a structure launching into air, the better. That's one of the reasons why ostriches can't fly--because their bones are solid instead of hollow. It's...
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IBM's Warmth-Activated Gel Can Break Up Tough Bacterial Biofilms And Kill...
Busting A BiofilmIBN/IBMOn the left is a mature and healthy MRSA biofilm. After the hydrogel is applied, the biofilm is destroyed, as seen on the right. The small portion of remaining cells have...
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A Paper Stronger than Steel
Science The next generation of electronics, airplanes and could be made out of incredibly strong "buckypaper" Imagine flying an airplane, watching a television or using a laptop computer made, at...
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The Materialist
Science He designs nanomaterials with outrageous abilities Earlier this year, Francesco Stellacci announced that his group had developed a material that can suck 20 times its weight in oil out of a...
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Tapping Carnival Tech, Researchers Create Nanofibers Inspired by Cotton Candy
Technology Rarely do the worlds of nanotech and carnival cuisine overlap, but when they do the results can be pretty sweet. A team of engineers has created a technology for fabricating… Rarely do the...
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New Nanospheres are the Stiffest Biological Materials Ever Created,...
Technology Protein tougher than metal could be used to print out body armor Printable body armor, better bulletproof glass, and tougher steel are just a few of the applications for a new materials...
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New Nanometal Changes from Hard to Soft at the Flip of a Switch
Science Materials scientists are constantly trying to tweak their products to be a little stronger, a little less brittle, a little more malleable--it’s the engineer’s job to imbue… Materials...
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Robotic Venus Flytraps Will Trap Bugs and Eat Them For Fuel
Technology It’s alarming enough when robots ingest plant detritus like twigs and grass clippings. It’s another thing entirely when they can start chowing down on members of the animal… It’s alarming...
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Say 'I Love You Very Little' With the World's Smallest Valentine
Science Nanolove In one of those scientific breakthroughs that makes John McCain want to strangle an experimental cocaine-addled monkey, researchers at the University of Birmingham in the UK… In one...
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Introducing Our Latest Theme Week!
Science Plant your eyeballs here for a look at the biggest advances in materials science. This week, as a companion to Popular Science's November issue, we're bringing you a bunch of stories about...
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FYI: What's The Lightest Metal On Earth?
Science This material is 100 times lighter than styrofoam--but it's also really strong! The lighter a structure launching into air, the better. That's one of the reasons why ostriches can't...
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IBM's Warmth-Activated Gel Can Break Up Tough Bacterial Biofilms And Kill...
Technology And it is not vulnerable to evolved resistance. Drug-resistant bacteria present a couple types of problems--they don't die when attacked with typical antibiotics, and they form slimy,...
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