Unlike their mid-century ancestors, today's plastics are being reimagined through ultra-thin layering at the molecular level.

Penn State researchers created seven new high-entropy oxides by removing oxygen during synthesis, enabling metals that normally destabilize to form rock-salt ceramics. Machine learning helped identify ...

With 33% fewer graduate roles advertised in the UK last year and applications per vacancy hitting a record 140, competition ...

The University of Delaware’s David Martin, Karl W. and Renate Böer Chair in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, has been named to the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) 2025 Class of ...

To increase driving range, electric vehicle (EV) batteries rely on high-nickel cathodes. However, this high nickel content ...

Since the late 1800s, rechargeable batteries have revolutionized how we store and use energy in many ways. Although batteries ...

Penn State scientists discovered seven new ceramics by simply removing oxygen—opening a path to materials once beyond reach.

With 33% fewer graduate roles advertised in the UK last year and applications per vacancy hitting a record 140, competition for early-career jobs has never ...

Using a dual-cation substitution approach, researchers at Science Tokyo introduced ferromagnetism into bismuth ferrite, a ...

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Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists are collaborating with researchers at UT San Antonio to study how space ...