Materials Science News | AMERICAN ELEMENTS®

EXPLORE MATERIALS SCIENCE TOOLBOX

Materials Science News

TOP DISCOVERIES

Primary Sources

Tuesday, July 07 2026

UMD chemical physicists control the nuclear spin of H2 by freezing it in dry ice, potentially improving energy storage for hydrogen fuel

A stainless steel vacuum chamber was used to maintain experimental temperatures.

Monday, July 06 2026

Researchers based in Japan develop a new class of biocompatible MoQNs that operate inside living cells, reducing spectral variability

Schematics of in-cell ODMR using MQNs and CW-ODMR characterization

Wednesday, July 01 2026

An international team of researchers demonstrates that light can be "programmed" through its geometry, a breakthrough that could transform medical testing

$Blurred rainbow light refraction$

Tuesday, June 30 2026

A research team at University of Trento discovers atomic vibrations remain unchanged in ultra-stable glasses, advancing the debate on the physics of disorder

lasers reflect on optic table un quantum laboratory

Monday, June 29 2026

An engineering research team from HKU creates a method to control the emission color of GaN material from UV to blue light, providing a new control solution for electronics

Microfabrication of bulk GaN crystal into single crystalline GaN microbridges

Thursday, June 25 2026

An international engineering team develops a new soft magnetic hydrogel, serving as a basis for magnetically responsive robots and materials

photo of petri dish with gel

Wednesday, June 24 2026

MU researchers develop a novel device that generates phonons at extremely cold temperatures, further advancing medical diagnostics

a novel device that generates phonons at extremely cold temperatures

Tuesday, June 23 2026

UMTC researchers control the electronic behavior of a metal through interfacial polarization, opening an entirely new way of thinking

Seung Gyo Jeong (left) and senior author Bharat Jalan (right) have created a new path toward tunable catalysis and electronics

Monday, June 22 2026

CU researchers create a new method to break down PFAs by using high-energy electrons generated by light

abstract photo of text stating PFAs with water droplets

Thursday, June 18 2026

HKUMed researchers uncover the mechanism underlying how cancer patients respond to paclitaxel, which may help overcome cancer drug resistance

Graphical abstract of how cancer drug affects cells

Wednesday, June 17 2026

UCSD engineers develop unrolled blind-SIM with AI integration, allowing scientists to watch the inner workings of living cells with more clarity

Schematic diagram of the unrolled blind-SIM algorithm

Tuesday, June 16 2026

An international research team maps how magnetic nanostructures behave on short timescales, aiding the development of ultra-fast compact data storage

Ultrafast sub-wavelength imaging of nanoscale spin textures using a tabletop HHG source

Thursday, June 11 2026

Brown and NIST researchers develop a mechanophenotyping cytometer, providing better diagnoses of patient symptoms and more accurate prognoses

The new mechanophenotyping cytometer, developed by researchers from Brown and NIST

Wednesday, June 10 2026

Scientists at Tufts and the Wyss Institute create neurobots with enhanced behaviors, revealing new insights into how biology builds functional structures

Combined image of all sections through a neurobot, showing multiciliated cells on the surface and neurons in the center.

Tuesday, June 09 2026

Researchers at NUS discover betacyanin from red dragon fruit peel is an alternative for bread fortification

photo of a loaf of bread with sliced bread next to it

Monday, June 08 2026

WSU researchers discover turmeric and ginger extracts help bone implants attach more securely while eliminating bacteria and cancer cells

x ray of a knee

Thursday, June 04 2026

NU engineers create artificial neurons that interact with brain cells, a step closer to electronics that can interface with the nervous system

female doctor with a futuristic brain projection in her hand

Wednesday, June 03 2026

An international team of researchers engineer a nanocomposite sensing material, making food quality testing more accurate and efficient

photo of researcher using microscope

Tuesday, June 02 2026

UBC researchers design a biodegradable rinse that removes over 86% of surface chemicals while boosting fruit’s lifespan

photo of assorted berries

Monday, June 01 2026

An international research team invents how to characterize surface local chemical ordering of high-entropy alloys

photo of three researchers in a science lab, looking at a laptop

Tuesday, May 26 2026

CUT researchers demonstrate smart cable sharing gives quantum computers a big boost without a large increase in computation time

photo of gold quantum computer

Thursday, May 21 2026

UR researchers harness the benefits of LLMs to discover new materials and accelerate experiment workflows

Researchers in the lab with overlayed creative images of AI

Wednesday, May 20 2026

UCI scientists discover how computers can preserve data typically lost during the scrambling process, advancing quantum computing

Person monitoring a test on a quantum computer

Monday, May 18 2026

OSU researchers engineer lipid nanoparticles to carry follistatin messenger RNA, slowing cancerous tumor progression and supporting muscle growth

magnifying glass over icon in the shape of lungs

Wednesday, May 13 2026

European physicists cool a levitated silica nanorotor to its quantum ground state, a key step in rotational matter-wave interferometry

A silica nanorotor is trapped by an optical tweezer (red) inside an optical resonator (blue). Cooled, the rotor alignment in the trapping potential approaches its quantum uncertainty limit (white cone).

Upcoming American Elements Sponsored Events

ISOS-21-2027 : International Symposium on Silicon Chemistry - 2027
Sunday, May 16, 2027 - Thursday, May 20, 2027
Detroit, MI
Materials Week Europe 2027
Tuesday, March 9, 2027 - Wednesday, March 10, 2027
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Additive Manufacturing Strategies 2027
Tuesday, February 23, 2027 - Thursday, February 25, 2027
New York, NY
MILAM 2027
Tuesday, January 26, 2027 - Thursday, January 28, 2027
Tampa, FL
Workshop on Innovative Nanoscale Devices and Systems (WINDS) 2026
Sunday, December 6, 2026 - Friday, December 11, 2026
Big Island, Hawaii
2026 MRS Fall Meeting
Sunday, November 29, 2026 - Friday, December 4, 2026
Boston, Massachusetts
ICPAM - International Conference on Physics of Advanced Materials
Monday, November 16, 2026 - Wednesday, November 25, 2026
Hamamatsu, Japan
Optica Latin America Optics and Photonics Conference 2026
Monday, November 9, 2026 - Thursday, November 12, 2026
Bogota, Colombia
AVS 72 International Symposium and Exhibition
Sunday, November 8, 2026 - Friday, November 13, 2026
Pittsburgh, PA
Lead-Zinc 2026 - 11th International Symposium on Lead and Zinc Processing
Sunday, November 1, 2026 - Friday, November 6, 2026
Sendai-city, Japan
SelectBIO
Space Summit West 2026
Thursday, October 29, 2026 - Friday, October 30, 2026
Laguna Hills, CA
Materials Week USA 2026
Tuesday, October 27, 2026 - Thursday, October 29, 2026
Detroit, MI
SelectBIO
Lab-on-a-Chip and Microfluidics World Congress 2026: POC-Rapid Dx + Organs-on-Chips
Tuesday, October 27, 2026 - Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Laguna Hills, CA
SelectBIO
Extracellular Vesicles (EVs) and Lipid Nanoparticles (LNPs) 2026
Tuesday, October 27, 2026 - Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Laguna Hills, CA
250th ECS Meeting
Sunday, October 25, 2026 - Thursday, October 29, 2026
Calgary, Canada
International Institute of Nanotechnology Rosemary Schnell Symposium - IIN 2026
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Evanston, IL
SelectBIO
Lipid Nanoparticles (LNPs) Asia/Pacific 2026
Tuesday, October 13, 2026 - Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Tokyo-Narita, Japan
SelectBIO
Extracellular Vesicles (EV) Asia/Pacific-Japan 2026
Tuesday, October 13, 2026 - Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Nikko Narita, Japan
2026 Lab Manager Mass Spectrometry Digital Summit
Tuesday, October 13, 2026
Online
SelectBIO
Microfluidics, Organs-on-Chips, Point-of-Care & Rapid Diagnostics Japan 2026
Tuesday, October 13, 2026 - Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Tokyo-Narita, Japan
SelectBIO
Space Summit Asia/Pacific 2026
Tuesday, October 13, 2026 - Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Tokyo-Narita, Japan
Electroceramics XX 2026
Monday, October 12, 2026 - Thursday, October 15, 2026
Novi Sad, Serbia
EuroPM2026
Sunday, October 11, 2026 - Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Budapest, Hungary
Optica Laser Congress and Exhibition 2026
Sunday, October 11, 2026 - Thursday, October 15, 2026
Vilnius, Lithuania
Advanced Materials Show USA 2026 co-located with MS&T 26
Tuesday, October 6, 2026 - Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Pittsburgh, PA