materials

Researchers hope that working out the behaviours of soft solids, which can act like either solids or liquids, may make for tastier cakes – and safer...

Aditya Sadhanala wanders over to the wall, turns a pulley, and a wooden box about a metre squared swings up and away. Below it gleams an array of...

At any one time over half a million people are flying far above our heads in modern aircraft. Their lives depend on the performance of the special...

The Periodic Table may not sound like a list of ingredients but, for a group of materials scientists, it’s the starting point for designing the...

Scientific imaging techniques are uncovering secrets locked in medieval illuminated manuscripts – including those of a thrifty duke.

A new imaging facility offers researchers in Cambridge and beyond the chance to see what lies within objects, without breaking them open.

The physical properties of the ultra-white scales on certain species of beetle could be used to make whiter paper, plastics and paints, while using...

Wood is one of the oldest building materials but its use is limited by its properties. With new funding, researchers aim to stretch these properties...