Space is a hostile environment, with huge variations in temperature and ionizing radiation that degrades spacecraft surfaces. A research team has now developed a multifunctional, lightweight skin for ...

The EU-funded DOMMINIO project (Digital method for improved Manufacturing of next-generation MultIfuNctIOnal airframe parts) began in January 2021 and will be completed in September 2024. Its goal is ...

BEER-SHEVA, Israel, July 15, 2024 – Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev's Physical AI (PAI) Lab, led by Dr. Aslan Miriyev, have developed groundbreaking multifunctional material-sensors ...

Natural graphite is not only mined and sold; it is engineered, refined and embedded into materials designed to meet increasingly demanding industrial specifications. Its high electrical and thermal ...

Scientists at Rice University and University of Houston have developed an innovative, scalable approach to engineer bacterial cellulose into high-strength, multifunctional materials. Using a spinning ...

Engineers have unveiled an encodable multifunctional material that can dynamically tune its shape and mechanical properties in real time. Inspired by the remarkable adaptability observed in biological ...

Scientists at Rice University and the University of Houston have created a powerful new material by guiding bacteria to grow cellulose in aligned patterns, resulting in sheets with the strength of ...

The developed battery concept is based on a composite material and has carbon fibre as both the positive and negative electrodes – where the positive electrode is coated with lithium iron phosphate.

University of Utah researchers have developed a material that addresses an urgent environmental challenge: the real-time detection and efficient removal of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), a toxic and ...

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