material science
Scientists have produced the most tightly knotted physical structure ever known -- an achievement which has the potential to create a new generation of advanced materials.
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Living organisms can be persuaded to make silicon-carbon bonds, which have applications in several industries.
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Feeding Silkworms Graphene and Nanotubes Produces Super Strong Silk
byErica Tennenhouse
The high-strength, conductive material could be suitable for wearable electronics and medical implants.
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Scientists Designed a Material that Already Existed in Nature
byErica Tennenhouse
Rare minerals found in Siberia are highly similar to ‘designer’ solids.
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Naturally formed quasicrystals--crystal-like solids with supposedly impossible symmetries--are among the rarest structures on Earth. Only two have ever been found.
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A phone book tug of war.
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Laser-Driven Liquid Marbles Can Pull 150 Times Their Own Weight
byJoanne Kennell
The little blobs that could.
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Science Explains Why It Hurts So Much to Step on a Piece of Lego
byElizabeth Knowles
Pain you wouldn’t even wish on your worst enemy!
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