Despite being much in the zeitgeist lately, we have to confess to still being a bit foggy about exactly what memristors are. The “mem” part of their name seems to be the important bit, implying a ...

Photochromic lenses offer a practical, and increasingly colourful, option for many patients with fast-paced lifestyles and ...

Imagine buying a new T-shirt and quickly losing interest after just a few wears. With new technology from MIT, you don’t have to throw your T-shirt away; you can redesign it however you want.

Reversible photochromism — based on a simple isomerization reaction — is heavily hindered when photochromic dyes are enclosed in polymer matrices. Tethering the dye to a flexible low-melting-point ...

2025 Materials Chemistry Horizon Prize: awarded for the development of new photochromic dyes for use in semi-transparent solar cells with light transmittance that adapts to illumination conditions.