Officials in St. Clair County, Michigan, have selected HDR to develop a countywide materials management plan that will integrate sustainable waste solutions, address current solid waste management ...

These non-living materials will have capabilities including self-healing, adaptation, growth and programmability. The University of Texas at Austin and collaborators at the University of Illinois ...

The US National Science Foundation has awarded a $2 million grant to a team of engineers led by Lehigh University to tackle one of the biggest obstacles to deploying a new class of rocket engines that ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The manufacture and discard of traditional superabsorbent materials — typically made from synthetic polymers, primarily polyacrylate-based compounds — are affecting the planet.

Fungi are considered a promising source of biodegradable materials. Researchers have developed a new material based on a fungal mycelium and its own extracellular matrix. This gives the biomaterial ...

Battery electrode materials need to do a lot of things well. They need to be conductors to get charges to and from the ions that shuttle between the electrodes. They also need to have an open ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin are collaborating with other institutions to help create materials that can self-replicate and evolve, just like living organisms do in ...

New living fungus-based building material repairs itself for over a month, say scientists. The substance that uses the root-like mycelium of a fungus and bacteria cells was developed by American ...

It is the first time in China for national new materials industry planning which signifies the importance of the new materials industry in the country’s economic system. There are over 100 enterprises ...

Researchers have developed a new technique that pairs artificial intelligence and X-ray science. Study shows how materials change as they are stressed and relaxed. Like people, materials evolve over ...

The new cathode material is a crystal composed of sulfur and iodine. The cathode material has a low melting point of 65 Celsius, enabling self-healing of damaged interfaces. A test battery constructed ...