Scientists have shown that it may be possible to transform materials simply by triggering internal quantum ripples rather ...

The global modern industry is a massive operation that works on a scale almost impossible to comprehend. At every stage, it ...

From creating lightweight yet durable prosthetics to designing new types of solar panels and batteries, materials engineers combine their expertise in physics, chemistry, biology, and engineering to ...

What if you could create new materials just by shining a light at them? To most, this sounds like science fiction or alchemy, ...

Editor’s note: First-year students, prospective students (and some of their parents) wonder and worry how they will handle the academic transition from high school to college. In a series of stories, ...

Researchers have developed a new, plant-inspired extrusion process that enables synthetic material growth, and the creation of a soft robot that builds its own solid body from liquid to navigate ...

Material science, at its core, is an interdisciplinary field focusing on the discovery and design of new materials. It combines elements of physics, chemistry and engineering to understand and ...

As Earth’s climate continues to warm, researchers around the globe are exploring ways to capture CO 2 from the air and store it deep underground. The method transforms CO2 into valuable, ...

We are entering a new era in science — the fourth paradigm, according to Kristin Persson, a professor in materials science at the University of California in Berkeley, United States. The first ...

The Materials Science and Engineering Program at the University of Colorado Boulder is announcing an undergraduate minor for students interested in the materials science field. Material scientists and ...

Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. As vice president of design at Clone, an advanced robotics company that specializes in developing biomimetic and intelligent bionic ...