Materials

This transgenic wood is more sustainable and environmentally friendly, but it's also much more resistant.

The Asian country wants more advanced and, above all, cheaper hypersonic missiles.

An ordinary plastic bottle, such as those found in any supermarket, takes up to 1,000 years to completely degrade.

Cobalt is crucial for the electric car and consumer electronics industries. There’s no indication that its importance will diminish in the future.

It appears to be the most environmentally friendly use of super-black color so far

New perovskite photovoltaic cells increase the material’s ability to convert light into energy by 60.

It's just the beginning.

An interesting process with enormous potential.

"I like finding complexity in simple things," its creator says.

According to its developers, it's 17 times stronger than standard cement.

Goldene's name comes from "gold" and "graphene," and it has similar properties.

A U.S. mining company has found a high-purity gallium deposit in Bitterroot National Forest in Montana and Idaho.