Chemistry & Materials

14+ hour, 27+ min ago   (278+ words) Non-physicists might hear of 'the Hall effect' and think it relates to the way time elongates when trying to get young children out of the front door, or the phenomenon where you always forget your keys or phone as you…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (252+ words) Biomechanics is the scientific study of the mechanics of living structures, or of non-living structures such as silk or nacre that are produced by organisms. The recently extinct thylacine was Australia’s largest marsupial predator and famously likened to dog-family carnivorans…...

4+ hour, 11+ min ago   (216+ words) For decades, many scientists have confidently dismissed the vast majority of the human DNA as useless evolutionary garbage. Yet a recently published scientific paper in Cell, one of the world’s most prestigious biology journals, declares a “paradigm shift” against the…...

19+ min ago   (56+ words) A team of researchers at Tianjin University has developed a scalable process that converts the mycelium of the filamentous fungus Aspergillus niger into partially deacetylated chitin–glucan complex nanofibers, a renewable bionanomaterial with potent antibacterial activity and remarkable mechanical performance....

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (468+ words) Voltaiq Battery Intelligence platform will embed AI and advanced analytics across Forge Nano’s growing U.S. battery development and production operations. DENVER and CUPERTINO, Calif., Sept. 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Forge Nano, Inc., a leading U.S.-based semiconductor equipment and advanced materials company…...

6+ hour, 45+ min ago   (681+ words) A battery’s weakest point may lie between its materials. Researchers are investigating how damaged interfaces and lost contact affect its life. A battery material can look impressive in a laboratory and still fail when turned into a working battery. US…...

17+ hour, 46+ min ago   (115+ words) In this interview with Interesting Engineering, Ore Energy's Aytac Yilmaz reveals how storing energy for days could transform the grid. Aytac Yilmaz (CEO. Ore Energy) on iron-air technology, lithium-ion limits and renewable energy storage Wind and solar power are becoming…...

10+ hour, 42+ min ago   (353+ words) Recently, twisted bilayer photonic crystals (TBPhCs) have been used as moiré-based optical platforms, supporting twist-tunable chiroptical and polarization-dependent responses. A periodic moiré supercell exists only for commensurate twist angles, whereas conventional supercell approaches are not directly applicable to incommensurate structures....

10+ hour, 53+ min ago   (404+ words) Zirconia’s high dielectric constant shields the cell from electrical fluctuations and prevents charge buildup. Tandem solar cells stack a perovskite top layer over a standard silicon base to capture more sunlight than regular panels. Yet engineers have long hit a…...

6+ hour, 55+ min ago   (611+ words) It fell from the sky and has been studied for years. Yet only now, with a new generation of instruments, has this meteorite started to reveal what it was hiding. What researchers uncovered will change how you look at a…...