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Category: Materials Sciences

This Alloy is Kinky

A field of pink, purple, cyan, indigo, orange, and yellow shapes packed together, resembling vibrant abstract art.

New Technique Lets Scientists Create Resistance-Free Electron Channels

Berkeley Lab scientists have taken the first atomic-resolution images and demonstrated electrical control of a chiral interface state.

How Scientists Are Accelerating Chemistry Discoveries With Automation

Illustration of a robot arm, vials, a laptop, and a beaker on a desk facing the window.

Scientists Advance Affordable, Sustainable Solution for Flat-Panel Displays and Wearable Tech

Eight 2-centimeter-tall 3D-printed devices fabricated from supramolecular ink that emits blue or white light.

Google DeepMind Adds Nearly 400,000 New Compounds to Berkeley Lab’s Materials Project

Structures of 12 compounds in the Materials Project database.

Scaling Up Nano for Sustainable Manufacturing

Transmission electron microscope (TEM) images of the new 2D nanosheet as a barrier coating that self-assembles on a variety of substrates: a Teflon beaker and membrane, polyester film, thick and thin silicon films, and glass.

Why Do Batteries Sometimes Catch Fire and Explode?

KIA NIRO electric car is charging on street parking lot of Lindholmen, Gothenburg

Accelerating Sustainable Semiconductors With ‘Multielement Ink’

Silicon wafer reflecting different colors

New Consortium to Make Batteries for Electric Vehicles More Sustainable

An electric vehicle lithium-ion battery pack.

How Scientists Are Accelerating Next-Gen Microelectronics

Scientist conducting experiments in a bunny clean room suit.

The National Academy of Sciences Elects Two Berkeley Lab Researchers

Two side-by-side portraits of scientists

Research on Light Emission From Black Phosphorus Hints at New Applications

Two scientists with short black hair prepare some samples on a spectroscopy instrument that is on the right of the frame.