Materials
Flexible ‘architectured’ materials provide a new twist on construction
They’re recyclable, smart and can help reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Could archimats revolutionise the construction industry?
Using bone structures as building blocks to create tougher materials
Building materials could be made lighter and tougher if they used human bones as inspiration.
These ultra-thin touch screens could be printed like newspaper
Researchers have developed a touch screen sheet 100 times thinner than existing materials – using items you could buy from...
Safe and stylish: Engineering entrepreneurs create a helmet with the comfort of your favourite beanie
Engineering student and snowboarder Rob Joseph was tired of uncomfortable helmets, but still wanted to stay safe on the slopes....
This thin graphene film rapidly warms up to super high temperatures
A collaboration between three Australian universities has produced a new graphene metamaterial that could be used in solar heating. The...
New energy-efficient coating goes from light to dark in a snap
Using a new supercharged state of matter, Behnam Akhavan is producing an energy-efficient coating that can transform on demand.
Add repelling mosquitoes to graphene’s stable of abilities
Turns out that graphene has yet another stand-out property: it can block the signals mosquitoes use to sniff out tasty...
Climbing plant tendrils inspire a material that could power up artificial muscles
Prosthetic limbs are often weighed down by heavy actuators required to move joints. Materials science researchers have been inspired by...
Meet one engineer transforming biosolids into bricks
Abbas Mohajerani thinks that human waste could mean another brick in the wall.
One ‘origami engineer’ is giving the ancient art a modern twist
Origami, the traditional Japanese art of paper-folding, is increasingly being used to solve modern-day engineering problems.
