Latest Materials & Energy Breakthroughs

Struts of many sizes let metamaterials combine direction-tunable stiffness with evenly spread deformation

Atom-scale light maps trace a common defect glow in the semiconductor MoS2 to carbon-hydrogen complexes

A multiferroic oxide keeps both its electric and magnetic order down to four unit cells

Across fifteen devices, 3.79° to 5.76° of twist takes two atom-thin sheets to superconductivity

Ultrafast X-rays resolve the electron, proton, and solvent steps of proton-coupled electron transfer in water

A 4D-printed metamaterial absorber that reshapes on heating to retune its radar-band absorption

A strongly binding phosphonic acid interlayer gives perovskite cells a T90 of nearly 3000 hours at 85°C

Homogenizing chlorine in perovskite films yields 27.2% certified solar-cell efficiency

A six-atom, all-nitrogen allotrope isolated and kept stable at cryogenic temperatures.

A cobalt-nickel core wrapped in doped ceria breaks the usual trade-off between how efficiently and how long a high-temperature CO2 catalyst runs.

A generative model proposes crystals meeting target properties, and one was synthesized and measured.

A base-controlled reaction lets chemists insert either one or two nitrogen atoms into a five-membered carbon ring, choosing the product by swapping the base's cation.

Real-space maps confirm magnetism's newly recognized third class and show it can be controlled.

Self-assembled iridium hydroxide keeps PEM electrolyzer performance high while slashing iridium loading.