A new microstructured material reflects light in rainbow rings, which can make traffic signs easier for computer vision systems to read. Even outside of fully autonomous vehicles, traffic sign ...

Scientists have found a new use for AI, which shouldn't come as much of a surprise these days. This time, they used AI to design an ultra-light yet incredibly strong new material. This AI-created ...

In materials science, if you can understand the "texture" of a material—how its internal patterns form and shift—you can ...

Plasma irradiation removes graphite from the pencil lead, exposing a thin layer of clay. By controlling the exposure time, the thickness of this layer can be varied to modulate the infrared (IR) ...

Glare-free windows could be made from a material studded with billions of tiny metal patches. This makes a one-way window that is matte – it looks opaque, reflecting barely 1 per cent of light from ...