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Materials

UK engineers receive US Department of Homeland Security funding to develop ‘material DNA’ scanner

Nanotechnology used to reduce cost of thermoelectric generators

Harvard team develops origami-inspired 3D structural material

Waiting in the wings: How plasma could help revolutionise aircraft design

UK project to develop sodium-ion battery cells to store excess electricity from solar systems

Polymer meta-skin used for radar cloaking

Salford University physicists to develop highly-efficient perovskite photovoltaics

Thinnest ever solar cells produced by MIT team

Mechanical properties of radiation-sensitive material tuned for biomedical use

As good as gold: new catalyst produces hydrogen peroxide for decentralised water purification

New technique to mass produce nanomaterials

Ammonia breath sensor could replace blood tests