NIMS discovered a phenomenon in which droplets on a single solid surface exhibit both a "sticky" and "repellent" state ...

Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) analysis is the standard gas-adsorption method for estimating the adsorbate-accessible specific surface area of dry powders and porous solids by measuring how an inert gas ...

A Harvard study shows that soft materials, like gels and biological tissue, support boat wake-like surface waves. Because wake shape encodes material properties, the surface patterns could offer ...

Solid-state batteries could store more energy and charge faster than today’s batteries, but they tend to crack and fail over time. Stanford researchers found that a nanoscale silver treatment can ...

A new study by scientists in the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) shows that when a pressure disturbance moves across an ultrasoft elastic material, such as a ...