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Acoustic Waves Remotely Control Material Stiffness

Researchers demonstrate how sound can move "kinks" within materials to tune their softness or firmness.

Caltech Scientists Engineer Tiny 3D Metallic Parts

New process can create nanoscale metallic components with surprising strength despite defects.

Bettersize Introduces New Particle Size Analyzer

Webinar to showcase Bettersizer 2600 Plus for advanced particle size and shape analysis

Researchers Uncover Rare 'Frustrated' Quantum State

UC Santa Barbara team explores materials with simultaneous magnetic and electronic bond frustration.

New Simulation Technique Unlocks Insights into Crystal Defects

Lawrence Livermore National Lab researchers develop advanced modeling to predict material properties and performance.

InventHelp Inventor Develops New Fire Protection System

Inventor's design provides thermal barrier to protect homes and structures against wildfires

Dongguk University Unveils Breakthrough Material for Smart Tech

New self-assembled monolayer-based hole transport layer enables concurrent energy harvesting and photodetection for next-gen optoelectronics.

JPL's 3D-Printed Titanium Spring Deploys Successfully in Orbit

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory demonstrates additive manufacturing can reduce cost and complexity of spacecraft hardware.

Stanford Engineers Revive Old Semiconductor Materials for Infrared Tech

The approach could lead to smaller, sleeker, and less expensive infrared technologies for environmental, medical, and industrial uses.

LLNL, Meta Create Cutting-Edge Polymer AI Dataset

New open dataset aims to accelerate materials discovery with AI

Unlocking Sulfur Cathode Secrets

New research brings lithium-sulfur batteries closer to practical, high-capacity reality

Berkeley Lab Breakthrough Unlocks Atomic Nanocrystal Details

New microscopy technique allows scientists to analyze individual nanocrystals previously considered unusable for crystallography.

Researchers Discover Robust Qubit in Silicon

New carbon-nitrogen defect in silicon could serve as a stable quantum light emitter

Caltech Student's Invention Wins STEM Competition and Olympic Presentation

Danielle Yang's Storm Shield device aims to protect hearing aids for athletes and active individuals.

Transistor-like Membranes Enhance Ion Separation

Researchers achieve real-time tuning of ion separations with new electrically controlled membranes.

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