A class of synthetic soft materials called liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) can change shape in response to heat, similar to how muscles contract and ...

Harvard researchers fine-tune LCEs using 3D printing - applications range from soft robots and prosthetics to compression textiles.

Quantum spin liquids (QSLs) are fascinating and mysterious states of matter that have intrigued scientists for decades. First ...

Scientists discover that self-assembling vitamin crystals convert physical force into electricity, creating safe, ...

The so-called glass transition is the process by which some liquid-like materials become solid-like, without forming a ...

Both rubies and emeralds are minerals, which is a type of rock with a consistent chemical composition and a highly ordered ...

One feature of compounds made with transition metals is their intense colour. There are many examples in nature, including ...

Based on the interlocking structure of chainmail, this material has all the best parts of both solids and liquids.

Even though emeralds and rubies are very different colors, they both have the same secret ingredient in their atomic ...

Rice University physicist Emilia Morosan is part of an international research collaboration that has been awarded multimillion-dollar funding from The Kavli Foundation to develop and test ...