Materials Science

Ultrathin gold was achieved with the help of a century-old sword-making technique

Inspired by headphone technology, silk sewn with a vibrating fiber acts as a lightweight sound barrier

Recycled materials contribute to a pollutant-neutralizing paint

This beer-making by-product could offer a sustainable way to isolate metals for recycling electronic waste

A 3D-printing ink developed from wood waste recombines its natural components back into wooden products

Tricks to produce strange “ordered” ice could reveal new ice forms

A materials scientist unravels the hype around research on high-temperature superconductor research like LK-99

Transparent wood material is being exploited for smartphone screens, insulated windows, and more

Can waste plastic can be converted into hydrogen gas and a type of graphene—at a profit?

The search for room-temperature superconductors has suffered scandalous setbacks, but physicists are optimistic about the field’s future

One of the world’s most prestigious science journals has retracted a major paper from embattled superconductivity researcher Ranga Dias

Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their discovery of quantum dots, an entirely new class of material that is used in large-screen TVs and cancer surgery