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UW–Madison’s MRSEC Receives Major NSF Grant for Materials Research Collaboration

With $15.6 million support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the University of Wisconsin–Madison center for research on materials like glass, semiconductors, and liquid crystals will continue to pursue its work.

6 Oct 2017

DRAGONITE-Based Polymer Electrolytes to Accelerate Commercialization of Solid-State Lithium Batteries

Grant awarded to advance development of solid polymer electrolytes ("SPE"), utilizing DRAGONITE halloysite clay for solid-state lithium ("Li") batteries.

5 Oct 2017

New Phenomenon Could Provide Way to Sidestep Limits to Moore’s Law

Latest research reveals that an unusual kind of magnetic behavior discovered a couple of years ago holds great potential as a means to store data — one that could overcome major limits that might otherwise be indicating the end of “Moore’s Law,” which describes the continuing improvements in computation and data storage over the last few decades.

3 Oct 2017

OIST Researchers Take New Step in Understanding Surface Phenomenon

The effects of surface tension are of central importance in many everyday phenomena: it causes small droplets of rain to stick to your windows, creates bubbles when you add detergent in your sink, and propels water-striding insects on the surface of ponds.

3 Oct 2017

DNA-Based Organic Materials Could Make Better Biomedical and Photonic Devices

Using DNA from salmon, researchers in South Korea hope to make better biomedical and other photonic devices based on organic thin films. Often used in cancer treatments and health monitoring, thin films have all the capabilities of silicon-based devices with the possible added advantage of being more compatible with living tissue.

3 Oct 2017

New Scalable Method for Synthesis of Atom-Precise Platinum Clusters

A fully scalable method to synthesize atom-precise platinum clusters has been developed by scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech). These platinum clusters have potential use in catalytic applications.

26 Sep 2017

Novel Hybrid Indium-Lithium Electrodes Could be Basis for Rechargeable Batteries

New lithium electrodes coated with indium could lay the foundation for longer-lasting, more powerful, rechargeable batteries.

22 Sep 2017

Chemists Create Playdough/Lego-Like Particles to Make Miniature Building Blocks

Legos and Playdough are two very popular childhood building blocks. But what could one use to create something extremely small—a structure measuring lesser than the width of a human hair?

19 Sep 2017

Researchers Suggest Prospective Applications of Spin-Valley-Tronics

Scientists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) and the Institute for Theoretical and Applied Electrodynamics (ITAE) of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) have worked in cooperation with a collaborator from RIKEN (Institute for Physical and Chemical Research in Japan) to provide theoretical proof of the presence of an innovative class of materials.

18 Sep 2017

Scientists Discover Self-healing Powers of Pure Gold

Self-healing materials are capable of repairing autonomous defects, such as dents, cracks or scratches, and then resume their original shape. To accomplish this, these materials must comprise of several components whose collective properties deliver the desired characteristics.

15 Sep 2017

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