These materials can make better batteries or lighter and stronger bike frames, as well as new medical instruments and medicines that can save lives. They’re increasingly common in consumer products, ...

As a dense suspension of piezoelectric nanoparticles shear thickens due to a transition from frictionless (gray) to frictional (red) particle–particle interactions, friction-induced piezoelectricity ...

Create a fascinating substance named after Dr. Seuss's story "Bartholomew and the Oobleck"! This strange material acts like a liquid when handled gently but becomes solid when force is applied. It's a ...

Not understanding how shear thickening protects it. My experience with oobleck is that it tends to shatter upon impact, then the pieces flow back together. No point in stiffening if the stiffened ...

New research by NIST and Georgetown scientists deciphers the mechanisms that cause the materials to switch between liquid and solid in response to stress. Oobleck's name is borrowed from a Dr. Seuss ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich — Perhaps you've heard of Oobleck, a fictional substance from the mind of Dr. Seuss in his book, Bartholomew and the Oobleck. In the book, this slimy green material takes over the ...

The described material and the proposed applications don't seem to go together at all. 1. Smartwatch bands are not "electronics" and do not need to be conductive, so this material doesn't help them. 2 ...