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Nanomaterials
For millennia, diamonds were the hardest known material, but they only rank at #7 on the current list. Can you guess which material is #1?
It’s 50% stronger than comparable materials used in aerospace.
It’s not just fun: DNA origami has the potential to revolutionize engineering at the nanoscopic scale.
A unique combination of DNA and silica is the strongest known material for its density (but you’ll need a lot of it before you can build a suit from it).
The miniaturization of particle accelerators could disrupt medical science.
Time to rewrite our understanding of structural engineering.
The intensely white coloration of the shrimp is a remarkable feat of bioengineering.
It was a particularly good year for biotech and medical technology. There were also notable advances in energy.
Some solar cells are so lightweight they can sit on a soap bubble.
Scientists turn to nature to improve a ubiquitous building material.
When scientists tested this hydrogel on mice, they had cleaner teeth than most humans.
A two-dimensional material made entirely of carbon called graphene won the Nobel Prize in 2010. Graphyne might be even better.
Two types of nanotechnology, metalenses and metamaterials, could soon make Harry Potter's invisibility cloak a reality.
Nanofabricators could quickly synthesize whatever we need, molecule by molecule.
Using cellulose from trees and a synthetic polymer, MIT researchers have created a material that "is stronger and tougher than some types of bone, and harder than typical aluminum alloys."
A mouthwash solution containing ferumoxytol and a dye could treat, prevent, and diagnose tooth decay, according to UPenn researchers.
If you thought that diamonds were the hardest things of all, this will have you thinking again. Carbon is one of the most fascinating elements in all of nature, with chemical […]
And if we did, what would happen if you fell in? Out in the countryside of rural America, you can find all sorts of attractions that are too-good-to-be-true. One of the […]
One of the three basic circuit elements just got a lot smaller for the very first time, in what promises to be a trillion-dollar breakthrough. In the race for ever-improving […]