Programmable material systems are emerging architectural structures but the co-design of structure, material, and external stimuli present grand challenges. A team with Northwestern Engineering’s Wei ...

This flowchart illustrates the hybrid quantum-classical approach used to identify the optimal diarylethene (DAE) derivatives with large absorbance wavelengths (λmax) and high oscillator strengths. The ...

How can components be designed for an optimal balance of minimal weight and maximum robustness? This is a challenge faced by ...

The manufacturing industry has always struggled with balancing raw materials supply and demand. Finding the right balance is crucial as it can impact both production costs and profits. Inefficiencies ...

Engineers face a perfect storm of design challenges. With embedded software and electronics now the foundation of most products, the stakes have been raised around innovation and increased complexity.

The latest research progress in the field of MXene-based neuromorphic computing is reviewed. The design strategy of ...

A second generation of Google’s “Material Design” user interface overhaul appears to be in the works. Screenshots from the latest Chrome Canary build for Windows show that the UI will be darkened and ...