Researchers have developed a new approach to designing more sustainable buildings with help from Bacteria. In a study published in the journal Matter, CU Boulder researchers describe their strategy for using bacteria…
Tag: Material Science
An 18-carat gold nugget made of plastic
ETH researchers have created an incredibly lightweight 18-carat gold, using a matrix of plastic in place of metallic alloy elements. No one wants to wear a heavy watch on their wrist, even…
MIT’s fiber-based artificial muscles can lift 650 times their own weight
MIT researchers have developed Artificial “muscles” which can lift 650 times their own weight, and might be used to control robotic or prosthetic limbs.They were able to produce contracting fibers by imitating…
Smart Materials Wrist Band provides Real-time insight into wearers’ Emotions
Smart wearable technology that changes colour, heats up, squeezes or vibrates as your emotions are heightened has the potential to help people with affective disorders better control their feelings. Researchers from Lancaster…
Indian Scientists submit more evidence of Superconductivity at Room temperature
Two Scientists from India have made a breakthrough discovery in creating a material that exhibits major properties of superconductivity at ambient temperature and pressure. Superconductivity is a phenomenon of exactly zero electrical…