As artificial intelligence, cloud computing and digital services continue to expand, the world is facing a growing need for ...

Researchers at Japan's National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST) have demonstrated a magnetic memory ...

Most materials we use in everyday life expand slightly when heated and return to their original size when cooled. In addition to such thermal properties, materials can also have electrical properties ...

Amorphous materials such as glass are solids whose internal structure lacks a repeating pattern. Their molecules are arranged ...

Engineers have created shape-memory materials made of ceramic rather than of traditional metal. The development opens a new range of applications, especially for actuators in high-temperature settings ...

The Chalmers researchers used a novel, atomically thin material in tiny memory devices, here seen as clusters of golden dots on the top of the chip. The material combines two opposing magnetic forces ...

Researchers at EPFL have discovered a material that seems to be able to “remember” all of its past encounters with stimuli, such as electrical currents. The compound could come in handy for better ...

Shape memory polymers (SMPs) are a class of smart materials that exhibit remarkable shape memory effects, making them highly suitable for applications in aerospace, biomedical engineering, robotics, ...

Shape-memory metals, which can revert from one shape to a different one simply by being warmed or otherwise triggered, have been useful in a variety of applications, as actuators that can control the ...