Computer-based neural networks can learn to do tasks. A new type of material, called a mechanical neural network, applies similar ideas to a physical structure.
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The complexity of construction projects has driven an increase in building waste, which is difficult to recycle and reuse. But there are ways to minimise the problem.
Twisted laser light may help launch a revolution in technology.
Kéré shows how architecture can build better futures by embracing communities to help catalyse progress.
After Fidel Castro took power, government plans to build new housing, schools and factories were hindered by sanctions and supply chain issues, forcing architects to come up with creative solutions.
Building a mini star on Earth, and holding it together inside a reactor, is not an easy task.
Treating wood with bleach can make it transparent.
Engineers predict a time when people and robots physically interact all day long. For that to happen safely will require new soft materials that can do things like sense touch and change shape.
There is no solution to the unethical, unsustainable fashion industry – yet
Trump’s plan to slap $200 billion more in tariffs on Chinese goods is premised on yesterday’s waste-fueled economy. Tomorrow’s economy is ‘circular.’
Have you ever been told not to put metal in the microwave? Edie, age 8, wants to know why.
Advanced materials that seem like they come from Star Trek are becoming reality today.
The invention of silver and plastic-clad roof panels that can cool themselves down even under the Sun’s full glare promise to make air conditioning much more energy-efficient.
Compressed glassy carbon could be used to make better bulletproof vests or new types of electronics.
This special dampening material could also protect buildings from earthquakes.
Plan to develop long-lasting supercapacitors would provide a faster, safer alternative to lithium batteries.
There’s no Nobel Prize in mathematics, but math undergirds much high-level science. The 2016 Nobel in Physics rewards work in topology, a branch of math with multiple real world applications.
Molybdenum disulphide, hexagonal boron nitride and other materials yet to be discovered will be used to build the electronics of the future.
The military is interested – but the rest of us could also get from Paris to Tokyo in three hours.
A new “world’s hardest material” is proclaimed every few years – but taking the top spot from diamond isn’t easy.
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Senior Professor, Australian Institute for Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong, University of Wollongong
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Senior Instrument Scientist, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
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Former Academic Research Fellow, Khalifa University
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Research Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering, RMIT University
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Associate Professor, Department of Electronic Materials Engineering Physics Education Centre, Australian National University
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Executive Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science and Director of the Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, University of Wollongong
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Postdoctoral research associate, University of Cambridge
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Senior Lecturer of Human & Aerospace Physiology, King's College London
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CO2Chem Network Manager, University of Sheffield
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Lecturer, Energy Informatics Group, Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Organic Chemistry, ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science and Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, University of Wollongong
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PhD student in mechanical engineering, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
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Professor of Electronics and Nanoengineering, University of Glasgow
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PhD candidate, Deakin University
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Lecturer, University of Bristol
