All Materials Science

Graphene centre
Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Jan 2019
A £60 million graphene research centre has been opened at the University of Manchester following fu…

Beating the diamond-standard
Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Jan 2019
Forget diamond – when considering super-hard materials, says Metin Örnek, the search for an alterna…

Liquid crystal elastomer morphs on-demand
Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Dec 2018
Rice University researchers have developed a liquid crystal elastomer that morphs between two diffe…

The Colours of Iron
Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Dec 2018
‘The Colours of Iron' (Lochaber, Scotland) by Ursula Lawrence took the third place) in the Geologic…

Artificial synapse created from nanowire memristor
Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Dec 2018
A German team has built an artificial synapse from nanowires that can replicate functions of biolog…

Flexibility of crystal surfaces shown in real-time
Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Dec 2018
Real-time imaging has shown the flexibility of crystal surfaces upon the introduction of a guest mo…

Flexible charge-storage developed for clothing
Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Nov 2018
Materials scientists from the US have developed a method for making a charge-storing system that is…

Biodegradable Microbowls
Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Nov 2018
Biodegradable Microbowls by Tayo Sanders II from the University of Oxford. Many tumours lack an ext…

Using science to change our world
Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Oct 2018
As the Royal Institution sets it sights on expanding the public understanding of science, we hear f…

The art of taking things apart
Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Oct 2018
Science presenter, broadcaster and even physical phenomena namer… we spent a minute with Steve Moul…

The chameleon and the crystal maze
Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Sep 2018
How a crystal structure within the skin of the famous colour-changing lizard holds the key to weara…

Glass sponge
Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Aug 2018
The Olympus Image of the Year Award 2018 is open for entries. Upload your images by the end of Octo…

A weight off your mind
Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Aug 2018
Fiona Auty explains why the National Physical Laboratory is going to the immense trouble of redefin…

Molecular ruby used as optical pressure sensor
Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Jul 2018
Chemists have developed a molecular system capable of very precise optical pressure measurements.
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Electronic skin stretched to new limits
Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Jul 2018
A research team in Saudi Arabia have found that metal carbide within a hydrogel composite senses, s…

Boron set to become king of the nanotubes
Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Jun 2018
Boron nitride nanotubes are primed to become major building blocks for next-generation composite an…

Graphene spikes slice away infection
Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 May 2018
A tiny layer of graphene flakes could become a deadly weapon against bacteria according to scientis…

Creating and deleting magnets with a laser
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 May 2018
An international team of scientists have found a way to write and delete magnets in an alloy using …

Big success for UK nanodots
Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Apr 2018
A UK manufacturer of cadmium-free quantum dots and nanomaterials, is expanding after signing an agr…

Bone printing collaboration
Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Apr 2018
A manufacturer of structural zirconia ceramics, has entered into a research project with a Portugue…