At a specific rotation angle, known as the “magic angle” (just like in twistronics), the waves become highly focused and ...

A “slight crosslinking” technique that gives ferroelectric materials elastic recovery has been proposed by a research team at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of ...

Researcher Cunjiang Yu and his research team, including several of his former students, have announced a significant ...

"A new combination of materials allows state-of-the-art operating controls with elastic circuits." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2016 / 04 / 160415081847.htm (accessed October 20, ...

With clever design and innovative engineering, scientists can make incredible things, like robotic lenses with clarity that ...

Simulate the processes required to develop specific materials microstructures and properties. Develop skills and competencies in computational modeling and simulation. Simulate microstructural ...

Provides direct instruction in composition. Students examine and interpret communication practices and apply what they learn to their own written, aural, and visual compositions. Class projects ask ...

The technological development of humanity was supported in its early stages by natural materials such as bone, wood and shells. As history advanced, these materials were slowly replaced by synthetic ...

A new material design could reduce pollution where the rubber meets the road. Strategically adding weak points along microscopic chains called polymers actually makes them harder to tear, researchers ...

Invisibility cloaks, once thought of as the province only of Harry Potter tales and Star Trek, have become reality in the past decade or so. Now scientists have developed an "unfeelability cloak," a ...

Due to advancements in materials science, the bicycle has undergone many transformations throughout Olympic history. Carbon fiber and aluminum have become the standard for high-performance bicycles, ...