So, what is piezoelectricity, and why do crystals that have it behave in their own unique way? Certain substances, when placed under physical stress, develop imbalances of charges. Electrons ...

Quartz, the most common material to display piezoelectricity, is so abundant that it’s likely many people have noticed that when squeezed it can become able to attract charged objects.

Imagine tires that charge a vehicle as it drives, streetlights powered by the rumble of traffic, or skyscrapers that generate ...

Step aside hard, rigid materials. There is a new soft, sustainable electroactive material in town—and it's poised to open new ...

Oct. 17, 2024 — Symptoms and disease progression of Rett syndrome are different in females than males. A new study shows why it is important to understand these differences to develop better ...

Using peptides and a snippet of the large molecules in plastics, materials scientists have developed materials made of tiny, flexible nano-sized ribbons that can be charged just like a battery to ...

According to an MIT study published in Nature Nanotechnology, new magnetic nanodiscs could provide a far less invasive method ...

Christopher Voisey's team at Monash University, Australia, proposes that quartz, when under pressure, generates an electric charge. This piezoelectricity may allow dissolved gold particles in ...

This piezoelectricity may allow dissolved gold particles in geological fluids to crystallize. When an earthquake shakes ...

Geologists from Virginia Commonwealth University and elsewhere have found new evidence of bolide impact signatures within specimens from the Massive Australian Precambrian-Cambrian Impact Structure in ...

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