A new paper published in Nature Communications could put scientists on the path to understanding one of the wildest, hottest, ...

Penn State scientists discovered seven new ceramics by simply removing oxygen—opening a path to materials once beyond reach. Sometimes, less truly is more. By removing oxygen during the synthesis ...

When a system undergoes a transformation, yet an underlying physical property remains unchanged, this property is referred to as "symmetry." Spontaneous symmetry breaking (SSB) occurs when a system ...

3D printed hierarchically structured elastomeric foams via vat photopolymerization face challenges in supercritical fluid foaming due to excessive crosslinking density. Here, the authors show a ...

Bioinspired materials are synthetic materials whose structure, properties or function mimic those of natural materials or living matter. Examples of bioinspired materials are light-harvesting photonic ...