materials science

A few minutes into a 2018 talk at the University of Michigan, Ian Tobasco picked up a large piece of paper and…

The cathode is a marvel of molecular choreography. How much power a battery holds, and how long it lasts, depends…

Of course, you’re not supposed to know this. You’re not supposed to know that you’re being mind-controlled, right…

Consider, for a moment, the electrical wire, a pervasive technology that’s extremely easy to forget. Spooled up…

Lithium offers other kinds of trouble. Over time, and especially when the battery is forced to charge up fast,…

After their 2015 success, the researchers set out to use their flattening technique to address all finite…

A few years ago, while driving on a stretch of interstate between Pittsburgh and San Francisco, Venkat Viswanathan…

Luke Haverhals wants to change how yoga pants are made. Most performance fabrics used in athletic clothing, like…

This is the problem Droguet’s team set out to solve using cellulose derived from commercially-available wood pulp.…

The flocking of birds can also be viewed as a breaking of symmetry: Instead of flying in random directions, they…