Engineers improve infrared devices using century-old materials

After decades of intense research, surprises in the realm of semiconductors—materials used in microchips to control ...

Not The Home Improvement Store: The Unexpected Place You Can Find Vintage Materials

Thrift stores and home improvement stores aren't the only places you can find and save on renovation materials. You'll want ...
Phys.org

Using magnetic frustration to probe new quantum possibilities

In a paper published in Nature Materials, Wilson's lab group has reported on an innovative way to use a phenomenon referred to as frustration of long-range order in a material system to engineer ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Using TCAD To Simulate Wide-Bandgap Materials For Electronics Design

Wide-bandgap (WBG) semiconductors are a class of materials that can offer a range of advantages over silicon. These materials can operate at higher voltages and higher temperatures, serving as ...
The Conversation

From using plant rinds to high‑tech materials, bike helmets have improved significantly over the past 2 centuries

Jud Ready does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
Finance & Commerce

Kenyan startup turns mushrooms into building materials

MycoTile grows mushroom roots to make affordable, eco-friendly panels. Fungi-based materials could help ease Nairobi’s housing shortage. Mycelium panels cost about one-third less than traditional ...