Chemical and nanoengineers at Rice University have become the first team to create long (hundreds of meters), macroscopic, mass-producible carbon nanotube thread. This thread is about the thickness of ...

Engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created a flexible and durable metamaterial made of acrylic plastic. The metamaterial is composite material, composed of many ...

Getting physically fit is always difficult. Not only do you need to have a clear goal, but you need the right help to make sure you’re doing it right. Plenty of people will go to the gym and start ...

Learn more about 'sharkitecture' and how a shark's strong and flexible cartilage could help create advanced materials for every day use. Sharks don’t have bones. Instead, their skeletons are made from ...

Plant cell walls have a special ability to expand without breaking or weakening, which is crucial for plant growth. New research has shown that the cellulose skeleton of the plant cell wall is what ...

Scientists have turned to an unusual mentor to learn how to better design the next generation of armor: marine mollusks. While humans have done a pretty good job historically of designing strong armor ...

Squishy-yet-strong hydrogels are invaluable for making medical devices, tissue engineering scaffolds, and sensors. Being mostly water, though, they freeze and become useless in subzero temperatures.

Researchers have converted natural wood into flexible, strong, water-repellent films that glow in different colors. The luminescent films could lead to more sustainable alternatives to the glass and ...