Earth formed from material exclusively from the inner solar system, planetary scientists show

Planetary scientists have long debated where the material that formed Earth comes from. Despite its location in the inner ...

We keep finding the raw material of DNA in asteroids—what’s it telling us?

On Monday, a paper announcing that all four DNA bases had been found on an asteroid sparked a lot of headlines. But many of ...

Now you see it, now you don't: Material can transition between quantum states

A team of scientists led by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has identified a rare, ...

Superconductivity switched on in material once thought only magnetic

Superconductivity—the ability of a material to conduct electricity without any energy loss to heat—enables highly efficient, ...

Chaos as a matter of direction: Researchers build layered material where order and disorder coexist

Some materials behave unexpectedly. They crack differently than expected, or react in ways that are hard to explain. The ...
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Stanford scientists create shape-shifting material that changes color and texture like an octopus

A new shape-shifting material can change both its texture and color in seconds, inspired by the camouflage abilities of ...
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Newly discovered material conducts heat nearly 3x faster than any metal

Data center servers, powerful smartphones, and your computer's motherboard have one thing in common. When these devices get too hot, their performance takes a hit, and we can't have that. That's why ...