Materials Science – News and Features

A new lab-grown biomaterial has allowed researchers to prove that some of the effects of aging in heart cells can be slowed, and even reversed, by changing the local biochemical environment around aged heart cells.

The method uses a specially designed fiber membrane that removes heat through evaporation, offering an alternative to fans, heat sinks and liquid pumps, while potentially lowering water use.

Researchers have uncovered a connection between phase transitions and emission properties in Ruddlesden-Popper perovskites – a type of layered material commonly used in LEDs and solar panels. The discovery could have implications for energy tech.

Researchers have developed an inexpensive hydrogel material that effectively removes phosphorus from contaminated water, cleaning the water and allowing the phosphorus to be recycled into useful agricultural products.

Harnessing the artificial intelligence-driven platform, IDentif.AI, researchers sought to uncover sex-specific drug combinations that may slow or halt aortic valve stenosis progression.

Researchers have developed a new breathalyzer-like sensor that can be used to detect low levels of methanol in the breath, providing a simple and fast diagnosis method for methanol poisoning.

Researchers have developed a new machine learning framework can predict with quantum-level accuracy how materials will respond to electric fields, up to the scale of one million atoms - dramatically speeding up simulations.

Researchers have interbred species of split gill mushroom to produce new mushroom strains with different genetic combinations that make them ideal for use in sustainable materials.

A new collagen-based method for bioprinting physiological materials solves previous problems in biofabrication for tissue engineering.

Researchers have developed a dissolvable microbial fuel cell using probiotic bacteria that could be used to power transient "papertronics" designed for biomedical and environmental applications.