Materials Science – News and Features

By improving sensitivity and boosting signal amplification, nanomaterials are heralding a new era for biomarker detection.

MIT engineers have designed an implantable reservoir that can remain under the skin and be triggered to release glucagon when blood sugar levels get too low.

In a discovery that could reshape approaches to regenerative medicine and bone repair, researchers have found that human stem cells can be prompted to begin turning into bone cells simply by squeezing through narrow spaces.

For the first time, researchers have directly mapped what happens inside a particular type of soft material – liquid crystals – when they are deformed. The findings challenge long-standing assumptions drawn from traditional measurements.

A new stable 20-electron derivative of ferrocene has been synthesized, challenging the long-standing textbook 18-electron rule in organometallic chemistry. The breakthrough could lead to new possibilities for catalysis and materials science.

New research has shown how harmful RNA clusters form in neurological disorders, and how they can be prevented and disassembled.

Discover how scientists measure the air around us to track pollution and diagnose disease, including cancer and diabetes.

Researchers have developed a new solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technology to characterize real-life plastic waste mixtures and aid in their separation and recycling.

A new, fully autonomous robotic system aims to speed up the discovery of new semiconductor materials by improving the speed at which researchers can measure important material properties.

Researchers have developed a new nanomaterial that is capable of simultaneously performing functions to aid in cancer diagnosis, treatment and immune response induction.