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5月31日(日)-6月2日(火)に、韓国材料学会 (MRS-K) と日本材料科学会 #MSSJ が「第11回韓日国際シンポジウム」11th Korea-Japan International Symposium on Materials Science and Technology #KJMST2026 を共催。国際会議 #GCIM2026 内のspecial symposiumとして開催。韓国・済州国際コンベンションセンターにて。詳細は https://www.mssj.or.jp/international-symposium/2026/2026kjmst.html に。
#Symposium #MaterialScience

Scientific Frontline 2d ago

Semiartificial #photosynthesis is an innovative hybrid system that combines biological catalysts with synthetic light-absorbing materials to convert solar energy and carbon dioxide into fuels and valuable chemical substances.
#Chemistry #MaterialScience #Environmental #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/chm04062601.html

Review summarizes photocatalyst and biocatalyst for artificial photosynthesis

Semiartificial photosynthesis is expected to lead to technologies that achieve higher energy conversion

NewsletterTF 4d ago

Unraveling Paper's Stiffness: A Key to Better Recycling

Scientists at Karlstad University found why paper gets stiff after recycling. This could help paper be recycled more times.

#PaperRecycling, #Sustainability, #KarlstadUniversity, #CircularEconomy, #MaterialScience

https://newsletter.tf/paper-stiffness-research-better-recycling-2024/

NewsletterTF 4d ago

Paper can now be recycled more times thanks to new science about why it gets stiff. This is a big change from the old limit of 5-7 times.

#PaperRecycling, #Sustainability, #KarlstadUniversity, #CircularEconomy, #MaterialScience
https://newsletter.tf/paper-stiffness-research-better-recycling-2024/

New Research Explains Paper Stiffness for Better Recycling in 2024

Scientists at Karlstad University found why paper gets stiff after recycling. This could help paper be recycled more times.

NewsletterTF

Scientific Frontline 5d ago

Perfectly symmetrical 2D #perovskites are a newly engineered class of two-dimensional metal halide semiconductors that achieve a near-perfect, distortion-free crystalline structure at room temperature. This exceptional symmetry prevents energy from becoming trapped within the material's soft lattice.
#MaterialScience #Nanotechnology #Engineering #Physics #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/ms04032601.html

“Perfectly symmetrical” 2D perovskites boost energy transport

Rice University scientists and collaborators have created a new type of two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor

Scientific Frontline 5d ago

Deep within ice giant planets like Uranus and Neptune, a newly predicted state of matter known as quasi-one-dimensional superionic carbon hydride exists under extreme pressure and temperature conditions. In this phase, the material occupies a middle ground between solids and liquids, featuring a stable crystalline framework paired with highly mobile secondary atoms.
#PlanetaryScience #Physics #MaterialScience #QuantumScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/ps04032601.html

The depths of Neptune and Uranus may be “superionic”

Sophisticated models predict that a quasi-one-dimensional superionic state of carbon hydride exists under the extreme pressures and temperatures found

Scientific Frontline 5d ago

Researchers developed N-(2-oxotetrahydrothiophen-3-yl)-3-(pyridin-2-yldisulfanyl) propanamide, abbreviated as PDTL, a novel monomer that enables the synthesis of reductively degradable poly(disulfide)s with customizable side-chain structures.
#Chemistry #MaterialScience #Environmental #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/chm04032601.html

Versatile, degradable polymers through novel domino polymerization

Single monomer containing thiolactone and pyridyl disulfide molecules allows for variable polymer functionalities

Scientific Frontline 6d ago

Researchers have developed a novel chemical recycling method for polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA, commonly known as acrylic or Perspex) that breaks the plastic down into its original monomer building blocks without degrading the material's quality.
#Chemistry #MaterialScience #Environmental #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/chm04022601.html

Breakthrough offers endless recycling for acrylic plastics without the environmental cost

A breakthrough method for chemically recycling acrylic

Scientific Frontline 6d ago

Iron telluride (FeTe), a compound historically categorized as an ordinary magnetic metal, is intrinsically a #superconductor capable of conducting electricity without energy loss. This superconducting state is achieved by eliminating hidden excess iron atoms that previously disrupted the material's structural purity.
#Physics #MaterialScience #QuantumScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/phy04022601.html

Superconductivity switched on in material once thought only magnetic

Superconductivity — the ability of a material to conduct electricity without any energy loss to heat

oschene Mar 31

Pretty sure this was Questionable Content, this week.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1121959
#origami #MaterialScience

Origami-inspired fabric makes one cloth act as many VR controllers

Virtual reality feels more “real” when users can touch a physical prop, but most haptic proxies follow a one-object-one-model approach that is costly and hard to deploy. A new fabric topological haptic proxy (FTHP) integrates origami-inspired constraints and embedded sensing fibers so a single cloth can switch among flat, folded and transforming states for different interactions. A lightweight neural network decodes the signals and achieves about 92.4% action recognition accuracy.

EurekAlert!