29 stories tagged materials-science, newest first.
44 points by teleforce | 5 comments
Guardian article on University of Sheffield researchers replicating the dichroic colour-changing glass of the 1,600-year-old Roman Lycurgus Cup.
141 points by wawayanda | 51 comments
A Works in Progress feature by Charles C Mann exploring porcelain and the engineered stone material Dekton, prompted by a pricey kitchen stove.
113 points by andrewl | 88 comments
ScienceAlert article reporting on a new reinforced 'super ice' material said to be ten times stronger than normal ice, approaching concrete's strength.
62 points by MortyDev | 29 comments
Live Science article about researchers creating multicolored tattoo inks activated by different wavelengths of light, letting tattoos be hidden or shown.
75 points by Bluestein | 51 comments
A Cell Press Matter journal article on photochromic nanoparticle inks enabling rewritable tattoos; the capture shows a Cloudflare verification page.
158 points by geox | 67 comments
Phys.org news article on research finding Chernobyl fuel particles remain unexpectedly stable after 40 years; the capture shows a Cloudflare verification page.
475 points by outlier99 | 322 comments
Vals AI blog post presenting two room-temperature antiferromagnetic semiconductor candidates for computer memory, found by Claude Opus 5.5 agents, with calculations, code, and caveats.
89 points by thelastgallon | 44 comments
A 2025 Wiley journal article on replacing petroleum-based products with plant-based materials; the capture shows only a Cloudflare verification page.
19 points by thelastgallon | 4 comments
A 2024 blog post comparing common plastic types such as polyethylene and nylon to human characters, explaining their chemical properties and uses.
51 points by croes | 31 comments
Wiley Advanced Energy Materials paper on a moist-electric wallpaper that harvests energy from indoor humidity; the capture shows a Cloudflare verification page.
485 points by OptionOfT | 252 comments
Swinburne University news article explaining why some fabrics shrink in the wash and how to restore shrunken clothes.
362 points by simonebrunozzi | 279 comments
Samsung Newsroom interview about Samsung and Johns Hopkins APL's research on next-generation refrigerant-free Peltier thermoelectric cooling, published in Nature Communications.
420 points by anigbrowl | 268 comments
Japan News article on JAMSTEC-led researchers developing a biodegradable, low-carbon 'transparent paper' as an alternative to plastics.
374 points by Tycho | 167 comments
Penn Engineering blog post on a newly discovered class of nanostructured materials that passively pull water from air and release it onto surfaces without external energy.
424 points by LorenDB | 399 comments
TechCrunch article reporting that startup InventWood is preparing to mass-produce a densified engineered wood claimed to be stronger than steel.
759 points by bswud | 422 comments
A Works in Progress Issue 16 article by Javid Lakha on how lab-grown diamonds became purer and far cheaper than mined diamonds.
479 points by n1b0m | 273 comments
Guardian article on Superfest, the 1980s East German company that made extra-strong 'unbreakable' drinking glasses, which vanished after reunification and is now returning.
324 points by givinguflac | 118 comments
UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering news article on Shirley Meng's lab creating the first anode-free sodium solid-state battery.
341 points by Brajeshwar | 115 comments
IEEE Spectrum news article on researchers claiming the first functioning graphene-based semiconductor chip, which beats silicon alternatives on electron mobility.
348 points by geox | 105 comments
Rice University news release about a magnetoelectric material that can directly stimulate neural tissue and reconnect severed nerves.
348 points by nkurz | 106 comments
BrickNerd guest article by Ryan Howerter cataloguing every type of plastic material LEGO has used in its bricks and elements.
2063 points by Brajeshwar | 679 comments
Nature news article from August 2023 explaining how researchers determined that LK-99 is not a room-temperature superconductor.
500 points by gabesullice | 313 comments
Tweet by Andrew McCalip showing a video of his LK-99 superconductor replication sample tested with a magnet for the Meissner effect on day 8.5.
734 points by segfaultbuserr | 348 comments
arXiv preprint reporting zero resistance above 100 K at ambient pressure in a synthesized polycrystalline sample of copper-doped lead apatite (LK-99).
1158 points by nneonneo | 735 comments
Derek Lowe's In the Pipeline blog post on Science.org (Aug 2023) discussing new developments around the claimed room-temperature superconductor LK-99.
551 points by b800h | 255 comments
A tweet by Andrew Cote reporting a claimed replication of the LK-99 superconductor by a Huazhong University team, explaining the levitation evidence and its caveats.
576 points by spekcular | 240 comments
arXiv preprint reporting a synthesis of the LK-99 compound Pb10-xCux(PO4)6O that shows semiconducting rather than superconducting transport.
489 points by fofoz | 492 comments
A SpaceBattles forum thread discussing claims of the LK-99 room-temperature, ambient-pressure superconductor and the online efforts to replicate it.
1142 points by etiam | 450 comments
Derek Lowe's In the Pipeline blog post on Science.org discussing claims of a room-temperature superconductor and assessing the strength of the evidence.