Materials Sciences

Materials management deals with the research, development, manufacturing and processing of raw and industrial materials. Key aspects here are biological and medical issues, which play an increasingly important role in this field.

innovations-report offers in-depth articles related to the development and application of materials and the structure and properties of new materials.

Use of child-safe lamp oils is limited

High-viscosity paraffin oil is currently the only alternative if families with infants still want to use oil lamps and torches.Low-viscosity mineral oil-based…

New joint replacement material developed at MGH put to first clinical use

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) surgeons have performed the first total hip replacement using a joint socket lined with a novel material invented at the…

Polymer opal films shed new kind of light on nature

Imagine cleaning out your refrigerator and being able to tell at a glance whether perishable food items have spoiled, because the packaging has changed its…

Engineers discover natural 'workbench' for nanoscale construction

The findings appear in the August issue of Nature Materials. Alerted by an unusual diffraction effect of a common ceramic material, researchers used imaging to…

Energy and precious metals – Latest issue of Materials World magazine

• Fuel of promise – With fuel cells touted as a possible solution to aspects of the energy crisis, the Institute of Measurement at the National Physical…

Chemists advance organic semiconductor processing

Any machinist will tell you that a little grease goes a long way toward making a tool work better. And that may soon hold true for plastic electronics as well.

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