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A Furry Diving Suit Could Keep You Warm
Newly Discovered Spider Silk Properties Are Soundly Promising
How The North Face uses a spiderweb-like layer in its new jackets to keep you dry
This new gold nanomaterial is so thin, it’s considered 2D
How Nike engineered its latest record-breaking marathon shoe
Magnets make the Leatherman Free P2 multitool shockingly easy to use one-handed
It takes more than rubber to make a boot sole that’s less than a millimeter thick
Hemp and maple work together to power these high-end headphones
Robot Fingertips Create A New Standard For What Products Feel Like
Trove Wants To 3D Print Your Jewelry, And Then Your World
Big Idea: The Rise Of Supermaterials
This Gold Nugget Is Lighter Than Latte Foam
A Paper Stronger than Steel
Sea Mollusk Sees With Hundreds Of Armored Eyes
Your future smartphone could fix its broken screen by pulling carbon from the air
Stealthy Shape-Shifting Skin Could Wrap Chinese Aircraft
Web Wear: A New Coat Is Made From Biotech Spider Silk
Black widow spiders could teach nanomaterial experts a thing or two
Scientists Use Hard Sugar To Create Dissolvable Mold For Delicate Research
This ‘self-lubricating’ condom concept uses clever chemistry to stay slippery
The Objet1000 Can 3-D Print An Entire Bicycle Frame
Laser-Cut Scotch Tape Makes A Tiny Gripping Robotic Claw
The Deep-Space Suit
FYI: What’s The Most Porous Material On Earth?
What Do Scientists Know About Mining Asteroids?
Reimagining Buildings Of The Past With The Materials Of The Future
Nanotube Yarn Infused With Wax Makes Incredibly Strong Artificial Muscles
FYI: What Material Is Water Most Afraid Of?
Clothing Insulated With Aerogel Promises To Keep Out The Most Dire Cold
Super Jaws
The Science Behind 4 Of The Greatest Polymers Of All Time
MIT-Made Metamaterial Focuses Radio Waves, Could Yield Up-Close Views Of Molecules
7 Amazing Ways Nanotechnology Is Changing The World
The Smarter, Safer, Stronger, Far-Out Materials Of The Future
FYI: What’s The Darkest Material On Earth?
FYI: What’s The Lightest Metal On Earth?
Tiny Layered Materials Make Ultra-Light Bulletproof Armor
The First ‘Perfect’ Invisibility Cloak Completely Conceals Objects (From Microwaves)
Synthetic, Self-Healing Skin That’s Sensitive To The Touch
FYI: What’s The Softest Material On Earth?
4 Extreme Labs That Subject New Materials To Fire, Lightning, Crashes, and High-Speed Birds
Watch An Artificial Chameleon Change Color
Chocolate Like You’ve Never Seen It: Magnified 5,000 Times
Gray Matter: Shattering the strongest glass
Your Next Condom Could Be Made Of Grass
The Self-Assembling, Self-Healing Material Of The Future Is… Blood
IBM Transistors Made Of Nanotubes Could Replace Silicon, In Ever-Tinier Computer Chips
Superomniphobic Material Repels Any Liquid You Can Think Of
Watch Liquid Bounce Off Amazing New Superomniphobic Material
Double-Diamond Anvil Creates Pressures Greater Than Earth’s Inner Core
Rolls Royce built a silent isolation chamber in its Phantom luxury car
One Kilogram Of This New Polymer Material Can Turn A Swimming Pool To Jelly
IBM’s Warmth-Activated Gel Can Break Up Tough Bacterial Biofilms And Kill Superbugs
This New Bio-Inspired Material Harvests Water Out Of Thin Air
In Alchemy-Like Process, Researchers Make Iron Behave Like Platinum
EU Invests $1.35 Billion To Find Practical Applications For Graphene
New Artificial Heart Is Made Of Foam
Only One Artist Can Use Blackest Material In The World
Soft Wormbot Tries Out New Light-Up Skin
FYI: Is It Legal To 3-D Print A Handgun?
Bike Tires That Can Survive The Himalayas
A New Rooftop Coating Makes Buildings ‘Sweat’ To Cut Cooling Costs
3-D Printing Company Confiscates Wiki Weapon Project’s Printer
Your Clothes Could Soon Scrub Pollution Directly From The Air
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