Uncrackable: Scorpions and sponges inspire sustainable design

A Weizmann Institute study of super-tough organisms reveals strategies for creating more sustainable, resilient human-made materials

03-Jan-2025 - Humans are by no means alone in the search for more sustainable materials. Nature, too, has been “working” on the problem of sustainability, and it’s been at it for a great deal longer.In a new study, researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science show how design tricks employed by ancient ...

Breakthrough in quantum microscopy

Researchers are making electrons visible in slow motion

17-Jul-2024 - Physicists at the University of Stuttgart under the leadership of Prof. Sebastian Loth are developing quantum microscopy which enables them for the first time to record the movement of electrons at the atomic level with both extremely high spatial and temporal resolution. Their method has the ...

Breakthrough in Nanotechnology: New Method to Synthesize Amorphous Metal-Organic Frameworks and Coordination Polymers

Innovative research approach enables the development of new materials and applications in technology and medicine

15-Jul-2024 - Researchers at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, led by Prof. Dr. Nicola Pinna, have made a groundbreaking advancement in nanotechnology, successfully extending the well-known Stöber method to synthesize amorphous metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and coordination polymers (CPs). This innovative ...

New Material Paves the Way to On-Chip Energy Harvesting

09-Jul-2024 - Researchers from Germany, Italy, and the UK have achieved a major advance in the development of materials suitable for on-chip energy harvesting. By composing an alloy made of silicon, germanium and tin, they were able to create a thermoelectric material, promising to transform the waste heat of ...