Materials

Algae printed into tough material with plant-like properties

E&T Magazine: Researchers at the University of Rochester and Delft University of Technology have employed 3D printing to develop a sustainable material made from algae, which could have applications ranging from fashion to space exploration. The scientists combined 3D printing with…

IBM Introduces the World’s First 2-nm Node Chip

IEEE Spectrum: IBM has become the first in the world to introduce a 2-nanometer (nm) node chip. IBM claims this new chip will improve performance by 45 percent using the same amount of power, or use 75 percent less energy while…

New material offers better angle on heat transfer

Materials Today: Materials scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have developed a class of optical material that controls how heat radiation is directed from an object. Similar to the way overlapping blinds direct the angle of visible light…

The Radio We Could Send to Hell

IEEE Spectrum: There were few bright spots in the pandemic summer of 2020. One of the most dazzling was the flight of U.S. astronauts to the International Space Station and their safe return to Earth aboard a commercial spacecraft from SpaceX. This demonstration was significant for many reasons, one of…