#Materials

Joseph Shavit

Researchers invent the world’s first zero emissions cement

have filed a patent and been awarded new research funding for their invention of the world’s first ever zero-emissions cement.

Joseph Shavit

Researchers designed the perfect piece of chocolate

Mouthfeel, and even the sound that food makes when we bite it, helps determine whether we enjoy the eating experience.

Joseph Shavit

New material can harvest water all day long -- just like a cactus

Tiny structures inspired by the shape of cactus spines allow a newly created material to gather drinkable water from the air day and night.

Joseph Shavit

Diamond nanothreads could revolutionize our world

As hard as diamond and as flexible as plastic, highly sought-after diamond nanothreads would be poised to revolutionize our world.

Joseph Shavit

South Korea plans to build world’s first floating city by 2025

A floating city has been proposed for the seas off Busan in South Korea to pioneer a new mode of living amid climate-related sea-level rises

Joseph Shavit

Bosnian man builds rotating house so that his wife has diversified view

Seeking to please his wife who had wished for a more diversified view from their family house, an innovator has built a rotating house.

Joseph Shavit

New eco-friendly Israeli home, built from hemp

In the artist village of Ein Hod, Israel, Yoki and Danielle constructed an environmentally friendly house made from hemp.

Joseph Shavit

Smart window material blocks heat transmission without blocking views

An international research team has invented a 'smart' window material that controls heat transmission without blocking views.

Joseph Shavit

Engineers turn ordinary clothing into biosensors

Huanan Zhang has developed a process that turns clothing fabric into biosensors which measure a muscle's electrical activity as it is worn.

Joshua Shavit

Like Batman's cape! New protective chain mail fabric can stiffen on demand

Researchers have developed a new type of ‘chain mail’ fabric that is flexible like cloth but can stiffen on demand. Much like Batman's cape.

Joshua Shavit

Researchers made a breakthrough in quantum information superconductors

Researchers have been working to develop materials that can enable quantum information–based technologies such as quantum computing

Joseph Shavit

Growing 'metallic wood' to new heights

Natural wood remains a ubiquitous building material because of its high strength-to-density ratio; trees are strong enough to grow tall