A team of Penn State researchers has developed a new synthetic material that could enable scientists to more easily study how microorganisms interact with the gastrointestinal (GI) system. The ...

The microscopic structure of the feathers of the eastern bluebird, a type of North American thrush, has inspired the creation of a simple-to-produce, scalable and robust novel synthetic material that ...

Despite the prevalence of synthetic materials across different industries and scientific fields, most are developed to serve a limited set of functions. To address this inflexibility, researchers at ...

Inspired by a pond microorganism that retracts its spiral stalk using geometry alone, soft gel helices now wind and unwind on their own to amplify motion.

Millions of years of evolution have enabled some marine animals to grow complex protective shells composed of multiple layers that work together to dissipate physical stress. In a new study, engineers ...

"I just want to say one word to you. Just one word," said the businessman Mr. McGuire to Dustin Hoffman's character Benjamin in The Graduate, who had recently completed his college education. That ...

Fast Track Path-to-Production Strategy is Expected to Jump-Start U.S. Battery Anode Material Supply As the US Geological Survey has reported: "The Graphite Creek graphite deposit… is the largest known ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The team used their new printing method to encode a photo of the Mona Lisa onto their smart skin material (left). The photo, which ...

Advancement marks pivotal move toward diamond-based quantum devices that will accelerate IonQ’s roadmap toward scalable, fault-tolerant quantum systems IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), the leader in the quantum ...