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The E-MAP consists of a self-contained system, in which robots conduct automated material experiments in a protective atmosphere. (Photo: Holger Röhm, KIT) The new Energy Materials Acceleration Platform (E-MAP) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) enables a systematic examination, evaluation, and targeted refining of thousands of material variants. It links automated experiments with precise material characterization, thus creating the foundation for the accelerated

Left to right: Weixiang Ben (Year 3 MSE), Jiaze Wu (MSE PhD student) and Professor Kai Huang (MSE) are three members of the team who designed a new type of nanoparticle that can upconvert light from low-energy photons into high-energy ones. (photo by Tyler Irving) A team of researchers from U of T Engineering has created a new type of dye-sensitized nanoparticle that can detect target chemicals at very low concentrations, while also distinguishing between molecules with very

A simulated microscopy image of hexagonal boron nitride with a circular pore surrounded by triangular ones. Darker circles correspond to individual boron and brighter circles to nitrogen atoms. A research team at the University of Vienna led by physicist Jani Kotakoski demonstrates how the shape of nanopores in hexagonal boron nitride - the electrically insulating counterpart to graphene, also known as "white graphene" - can be precisely controlled at the atomic level. Electr

Andrew Read, Penn State senior vice president for research, right, and Kurt Lesker IV, president and CEO of Kurt J. Lesker Company, left, do a ceremonial ribbon cutting to launch the partnership between Penn State and Kurt J. Lesker Company to develop new ways to create specialized materials for next-generation technologies. Credit: Jennifer M. McCann / Penn State. All Rights Reserved. Partnership expands advanced processing tools and engineering expertise in Penn State’s Na

MEAD will use atomic-scale materials engineering to unlock new capabilities in communications, sensing and computing, by developing devices such as highly sensitive masers, the microwave equivalent of lasers Manchester researchers will lead a new £12.6 million UK research programme launched to accelerate the development of next-generation photonic and quantum technologies. Funded by Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), and in partnership with researcher

A simple blending strategy used by researchers at Institute of Science Tokyo can give existing block copolymers the ability to visibly respond to mechanical stress. By selectively localizing a mechanophore-containing polymer within the hard domains of styrene–butadiene–styrene block copolymer, the team enabled reversible fluorescence during stretching while preserving the material’s mechanical properties. The approach offers a practical route to adding stress-sensing function