Materials

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The ability to combine light and physical matter to create a new type of hybrid…

WHY TIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Many a motorist has been upended by potholes, as their cars clang into one, this…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Cold Fusion is thought to be impossible, but if it isn’t it would change the…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As your understanding of material science improves we’re edging towards a future where materials take…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We often think of materials as static things, but what if they were alive?  …

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF In the future it will be taken for granted that materials can self-heal, and they’ll…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF This is one of the first combinations of 3D Printing and Self-Healing materials, and it’s…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Concrete is a huge contributor to global green house gas emissions, so finding new ways…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We all too often think of machines, and robots, as static things, but new breakthroughs…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As our knowledge of materials and how they behave improves we can generate electricity from…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Inventory is one of retailers biggest cash sinks, but now a new technology combo means…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As the number of solar energy installations increase storing the energy they produce, so it…