3D printing high-performance electronic circuits right into plastic could pave the way better drones, medical implants, and more.

A new, cheap-to-produce metamaterial could make MRI scans safer and faster for patients, while also boosting image quality.

Researchers have created an unsinkable metal structure with inspiration from diving bell spiders and rafts of fire ants.

A new way to produce perovskite solar cells using inorganic ingredients limits their defects and lets them last for months.

Check out this video to see how nacre, the material that coats the insides of mollusk shells, stays so tough in the face of stress.

A super sturdy kind of metal foam outperforms aluminum in tests to determine its suitability for the leading edge of airplane wings.

New research could solve a hurdle in the creation of bulletproof vests and make the process more environmentally friendly.

A new method for 4D printing, which makes objects that can change shapes based on the environment, could be useful in electronics, smart fabrics, and more.

A new graphene filter grabs bacteria from the air and kills them with a bit of heat from electricity. The advance could help fight drug resistance.

A common protein in nano-bio labs is prone to pushing gold nanorods into right-handed chiral assemblies—while producing chiral plasmonic signals to match.