But he couldn’t predict how swiftly this vision would materialize—or just how transformative its applications would prove to be. Diffusion generation process for a stable crystalline material having a ...

A research team led by scientists at Northwestern University has developed the first-ever two-dimensional mechanically interlocked material with high flexibility and strength. In the future ...

Materials innovation is one of the key drivers of major technological breakthroughs. The discovery of lithium cobalt oxide in the 1980s laid the groundwork for today’s lithium-ion battery technology.

Monthly real gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated to have grown by 0.1% in November 2024 largely because of a growth in services, following an unrevised fall of 0.1% in October 2024. Real GDP is ...

A new study examines ways that carbon could be used as a key ingredient in building materials—particularly biomass plastics and cement. Obstacles still remain, as some of these technologies are ...

The sum is double the £20bn estimate given by developer EDF and the UK government for the project in 2020, reflecting surging construction costs as well as the implications of delays and cost ...

Ultrathin materials made of a single layer of atoms have riveted scientists' attention since the discovery of the first such material—graphene, composed of carbon—about 20 years ago.

In 2024, superconductivity—the flow of electric current with zero resistance—was discovered in three distinct materials. Two instances stretch the textbook understanding of the phenomenon.

Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Photovoltaic Technology and Energy Materials of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, School of Physical Science and Technology, Inner Mongolia University, 235 West Daxue ...

Construction materials such as concrete and plastic have the potential to lock away billions of tons of carbon dioxide, according to a new study by civil engineers and Earth systems scientists at the ...