Nature Materials is a multidisciplinary journal aimed at bringing together cutting-edge research across the entire spectrum of materials science and technology. Nature Materials covers all applied ...

Arranged in three parts, it begins with a review of the mechanical properties of nature's building blocks (structural proteins, polysaccharides and minerals) and the mechanics of cellular materials.

Biological systems are renowned for their ability to create strong yet resilient structures. A sea sponge, for instance, ...

For example, how might we reach the complexity of stimuli-response that we observe in nature? This goal requires engineered materials with features such as reversible stimuli-response, so that the ...

Nature-inspired design can reduce stress and create an environment where students are relaxed and ready to learn.

Water contamination by the chemicals used in today's technology is a rapidly growing problem globally. A recent study by the ...

Researchers at Cornell University have developed tiny robots, less than 1 millimeter in size, that can fold into 3D shapes ...

A team of researchers from Texas A&M University, Sandia National Labs, and Stanford University have discovered a new class of ...

Engineers have created a tiny robot using metasheet technology, which could give birth to the next generation of ‘alive’ and responsive materials.

At COP16, a meeting under the Convention of Biological Diversity, countries will negotiate a plan to manage access to DSI, or ...

MIT researchers have pioneered a method to observe and image the development of scales on butterfly wings during ...

GETTING closer to nature will be on the agenda this autumn. Connection with nature is known to have significant health and wellbeing benefits, and this summer and autumn Shropshire Council is ...