Unravelling the relationships between defects and material properties is a daunting task, but increased analysis and knowledge could be beneficial in many applications. Solid inorganic materials ...

Birth defects are abnormalities that occur in babies which affect how the body looks, works or both. They usually happen during the first three months of pregnancy. They can be identified prenatally, ...

Atomic-scale oxygen vacancies unlock a dormant lithium-ion pathway in lithium titanate, transforming the battery material ...

Silicon computer chips have served us well for more than half a century. The tiniest features on chips currently sold are approximately 3 nanometers—a startlingly small size given that a human hair is ...

One in 33 babies in the United States are born with birth defects. But a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is raising awareness of ways to lower that risk. The study points ...

A teratogen is an environmental factor that a person is exposed to during their pregnancy that may affect the baby’s development, resulting in birth defects. In fact, around 4% to 5% of birth defects ...

Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) are tiny carbon-based nanomaterials that have attracted increasing attention as environmentally friendly alternatives to conventional heavy-metal quantum dots. They are ...

As previously mentioned, a significant percentage of birth defects are triggered either wholly or in part by environmental factors. The most critical of these factors are those that affect a woman's ...