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Materials researchers are getting a big boost from a new database created by a team of researchers led by Hendrik Heinz. The initiative, now available online to all researchers, is a database containing over 2,000 carbon nanotube stress-strain curves and failure properties.

Imagine you are playing the guitar—each pluck of a string creates a sound wave that vibrates and interacts with other waves.Now shrink that idea down to a small single molecule, and instead of sound waves, picture vibrations that carry heat. 

Assistant Professors Kōnane Bay and Ankur Gupta from ɫ�����ֱ��’s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering have been honored with the 2025 Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Young Investigator Program Award.Each

“This is probably the most radical conceptual advancement for airplanes since the replacement of propellers with jets.” – Mahmoud Hussein is not pulling punches about the potential impact of a major aerospace materials research project.

Jianliang Xiao is a “mechanics of materials” expert launching innovations in soft materials and flexible electronics. His work recently earned him an exclusive spot amongst some of the most successful academic inventors in the world. Jianliang

A team of engineers and material scientists in the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering at ɫ�����ֱ�� has developed a new technology to turn thermal radiation into electricity in a way that literally teases the basic law of

When it comes to putting science into action, last year was one for the record books. From July 2023 to June 2024, ɫ�����ֱ�� helped to launch 35 new companies based on research at the university—a big tick up from the previous record of 20

 ɫ�����ֱ��’s Living Materials Laboratory  played a key role in studying tiny bioglass lenses that were designed to form on the surface of engineered microbes, a scientific breakthrough that could pave the way for groundbreaking

ɫ�����ֱ�� researchers are exploring the use of sodium-ion batteries as an alternative to lithium-based energy storage.While sodium is abundant and could help address supply chain issues linked to lithium scarcity, current sodium-ion batteries have

Go to the doctor to provide a blood sample and you’re typically faced with a needle and syringe and hours or even days of waiting to get results back from a lab.ɫ�����ֱ�� researchers hope to change that with a new handheld, sound-based diagnostic