Nothing can hold back a true artist from creating, often leading to the use of unique mediums. Hannah Bullen-Ryner describes herself as an earth artist, utilizing natural materials found in forests.

Serpentine Pavilion 2025 designed by Marina Tabassum, Marina Tabassum Architects (MTA). Design render, exterior view.. Image © Marina Tabassum Architects (MTA ...

Introduction: Spring ephemeral plants represent a unique ecological category of herbaceous plants, characterized by early blooming and vivid flowers with significant ornamental value. Understanding ...

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 ...

Diffusion generation process for a stable crystalline material having a target band gap value (3 eV) using the MatterGen model. After a two-year postdoctoral stint at MIT’s Computer Science and ...

I'm watching a black disc of wonder material hovering over a bubbling bath of liquid nitrogen. "This is superconducting magnetic levitation," says magnet scientist Greg Brittles. "The closest you ...

In a remarkable feat of chemistry, a Northwestern University-led research team has developed the first two-dimensional (2D) mechanically interlocked material. Resembling the interlocking links in ...

New chainmail-like material could be the future of armor First 2D mechanically interlocked polymer exhibits exceptional flexibility and strength Date: January 16, 2025 Source: Northwestern ...

Materials innovation is one of the key drivers of major technological breakthroughs. The discovery of lithium cobalt oxide in the 1980s laid the groundwork for today’s lithium-ion battery technology.

A new study examines ways that carbon could be used as a key ingredient in building materials—particularly biomass plastics and cement. Obstacles still remain, as some of these technologies are ...