In biology, defects are generally bad. But in materials science, defects can be intentionally tuned to give materials useful new properties. Today, atomic-scale defects are carefully introduced during ...

Materials that emit and manipulate light are at the heart of technologies ranging from solar energy to advanced imaging ...

After two centuries of failed attempts, scientists have finally grown dolomite in the lab, cracking a long-standing ...

A new model measures defects that can be leveraged to improve materials' mechanical strength, heat transfer, and energy-conversion efficiency. (Nanowerk News) In biology, defects are generally bad.

Arka Chatterjee, a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Rice electrical engineer Shengxi Huang and a first author on the study. HOUSTON – (June 23, 2025) – Scientists across the world are working to ...

Sometimes, in creating an alloy out of multiple metals, defects and structural instability can occur in the material. Now, researchers are harnessing those imperfections to make the material stronger ...

The rapid advancement of 2D materials (2DMs), such as graphene, transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), and hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), has revolutionized the field of nanotechnology and ...

Los Alamos National Laboratory has developed a detector that provides ultra-sensitive elemental and chemical composition analysis. Los Alamos, NM, USA -- A team of researchers at Los Alamos National ...

Advancements in nanotechnology fabrication and characterization tools have facilitated a number of developments in the creation of new two-dimensional (2D) materials and gaining and understanding of ...

In bone tissue engineering (BTE), 3-D printing is a reliable and customizable method used to repair bone defects by producing biomimetic tissue scaffolds. In a recent study published online on Tissue ...