The natural sands of beaches along the Firth of Forth are being mixed with significant amounts of human-made materials like ...

Quantum spin liquids are exotic states of matter in which spins (i.e., the intrinsic angular momentum of electrons) do not ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Google DeepMind will establish its first “automated science laboratory” in the UK, as it signs a new ...

AI is helping scientists crack the code on next-gen batteries that could replace lithium-ion tech. By discovering novel porous materials, researchers may have paved the way for more powerful and ...

What is architecture? For some, its traditional role is to bring together imagination, technical knowledge, and problem-solving, allowing architects to design and construct while balancing ideas with ...

Your clothes. Your water bottle. The screen you’re looking at right now. They're all made from materials. Now imagine if you could make these materials stronger, safer and more sustainable. Sound ...

The National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, NASA, and other national and regional agencies have funded former research of Peter Mullner. Many modern devices – from cellphones and ...

Scientists have developed a material with photosynthetic bacteria that convert carbon dioxide into a mineral skeleton. The material hardens over time, so it could be used for buildings, they say. When ...

Princeton Engineering researchers are combining their expertise in chemical engineering, materials and computation to design crystalline materials that can be used to mitigate pollution or make ...

Liam Fedus, OpenAI’s VP of research for post-training, is leaving the company to found a materials science AI startup. The Information initially reported Fedus’ plans. In a statement on X, Fedus ...

Editor’s note (May 19th 2025): On May 16th, MIT said that Aidan Toner-Rodgers was no longer in the MIT PhD program. The university “has no confidence in the provenance, reliability or validity of the ...

Materials intelligence plays a crucial role in the continued evolution of semiconductors. Provided byEMD Electronics The Intel 4004, the first commercial microprocessor, was released in 1971. With ...