The plastic waste can be used to make high-performance carbon materials, such as carbon nanotubes, graphene, and porous ...

Stressing science education, China is outpacing other countries in research fields like battery chemistry, crucial to its lead in electric vehicles. By Keith Bradsher Reporting from Changsha, Beijing ...

At Northwestern University, our first-of-its-kind materials science department collaborates extensively with our leading mechanical engineering department, resulting in a strong history of ...

China is the only other country in the world that pushes science frontiers in a way that competes with the U.S. And right now, we are losing the science race. I’m a professor of mechanical engineering ...

BEIJING -- China is transitioning from being a user of space technology to a major contributor to humanity's cosmic understanding, said Wang Chi, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS ...

Scientists at Rice University and the University of Houston have created a powerful new material by guiding bacteria to grow cellulose in aligned patterns, resulting in sheets with the strength of ...

Since its establishment as the world’s first materials science academic department, Northwestern Engineering has led and defined the frontier of material research, enabling transformative technologies ...