“We all have a clear distinction in mind when we think of solid materials and granular matter,” Daraio told Caltech Press. “Solid materials are often described as crystalline lattice ...

Solid-state cells promise faster recharging, better safety, and higher energy density. They replace the liquid electrolyte in today’s lithium-ion cells with a solid separator. Honda, Toyota, and ...

Honda, Toyota, and others hope to use solid-state cells in vehicles to go on sale before 2030. Advances in battery technology—for consumer electronics and electric vehicles alike—are largely ...

Discovering a new class of matter in the lab of Chiara Daraio at Caltech, researchers have identified a type of material that uniquely responds to stress, behaving like a fluid under some conditions ...

However, when compressed, these structures become fully rigid and behave like solids. Chiara Daraio reflects on the distinct nature of PAMs, describing them as “really a new type of matter.” ...

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Experiments from the Caltech lab of Chiara Daraio have yielded a fascinating new type of matter, neither granular nor ...

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Condensed-matter physics is the study of substances in their solid state. This includes the investigation of both crystalline solids in which the atoms are positioned on a repeating three ...

Initially shown in 2021, it has been refined over the years, and TDK had a cool demo of the latest version in its CES 2025 booth. The endgame of this technology is this: transmit power and data ...