Materials Engineering

Memory chip that gets erased when exposed to blue light for security

Self-Erasing Technology Could Prevent Counterfeiting, Tampering

Medicine & Technology Sep 25, 2020

A team from the University of Michigan has developed self-erasing chips that can prevent counterfeiting in electronics, or send alerts in the event of tampering with cargo or shipments.

Ultraclean Graphene As High Performance Magnetic Field Sensors

Aug 21, 2020

A team from Cornell University has fabricated a miniature magnetic field sensor, using an ultrathin graphene "sandwich," that offers detection over a greater temperature change with enough sensitivity to sense subtleties in magnetic fields.

Which Dinosaur Bone Helps Support Their Weight?

Aug 21, 2020

New research supports that the trabecular bone structure found in a variety of dinosaurs are the key to supporting their massive weight.

Visual Representation of Blue Light Waveform

Ultrathin Silicon Nanoantennas Can Slow Down and Redirect Light

Aug 20, 2020

Scientists were able to fashion ultrathin silicon nanoantennas that can trap and redirect light at will, similar to how echo chambers work with sound.

Silk and Polymer Compounds Lead to New Biomedical Implants

Aug 17, 2020

Silk, despite its fine fibers, is known as fairly durable material. Combining the natural substance with synthetic components, new composite material can be used for biomedical implants.

Fluid behaving like solid - slow-motion footage

Scientists Capture the Moment Fluids Act Like Solids

Aug 17, 2020

Some fluids exhibit a solid-like response to stress, suddenly thickening and becoming solids for a moment upon disturbance - and scientists have captured the exact moment it happens.

New Photodetector Exceeds 100% Efficiency

Aug 14, 2020

A team from Aalto University in Espoo, Finland, has created a black silicon photodetector that has exceeded 100%—the first to surpass what was thought to be the theoretical limit for external quantum efficiency.

New Quantum Computer Application in Materials Science

Jul 29, 2020

Seen as the future of computing, quantum computers have exciting potential for solving problems beyond the capacity of classical supercomputers. While quantum computers are still mostly under development, one sample has displayed the capability to work on materials problems.