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A new collaborative study between IMDEA Materials Institute, China’s Northwestern Polytechnical University, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Peking University, and the Southern University of Science and Technology, has achieved a significant breakthrough in the field of mechanical metamaterials.

IMDEA Materials Institute congratulates Prof. Maria Pau Ginebra from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) and member of our Scientific Council, on receiving the 2025 Leonardo Torres Quevedo National Research Award.

FITEA will hold its second edition from 29 to 31 October 2025 at the IMDEA Materials Institute, serving as a platform for dialogue between the educational community and the aerospace sector.

Last Tuesday, Prof. José Manuel Torralba was formally inducted as a full member of the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAI). Prof. Torralba is a Senior Researcher and former Director of the IMDEA Materials Institute, as well as Professor at the Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M).

The 2025 Top 2% Scientist Lists from Stanford University are out, and for the first time, 12 IMDEA Materials researchers are recognised, with four of those being named among the top 500 scientists from around the world in their research categories.

IMDEA Materials Institute has reinforced its commitment to international scientific collaboration during a high-level visit from a delegation led by Mr. Yong Qiu, Vice Minister of the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology.

It’s possible that your home has polyester curtains, a synthetic fabric that can melt and burn quickly when it reaches high temperatures. Fire spreads across its surface and produces toxic smoke.

The first “part” ever printed in space was a very thin rod shaped like an “S”. The “S” is a simple shape, but it poses some difficulty because it involves two changes in curvature. We could almost say it was a 2D print.

Researchers at IMDEA Materials Institute have developed a pioneering method to assemble silicon nanowires into ordered, macroscopic networks: a key step toward expanding their industrial applications.

Building an aircraft is a task that must be thought out in detail. Its materials must meet strict requirements in terms of mechanical strength, performance, and weight reduction, in addition to other functions such as acoustic and thermal insulation.

How can we accelerate discovery in materials science and drug development while dealing with limited data and resource constraints?

Researchers at IMDEA Materials Institute have developed a streamlined and industrially scalable methodology to design and control microstructure in nickel-based superalloys manufactured by laser powder bed fusion (LPBF), a key additive manufacturing process.

Every year, the IMDEA Materials Institute offers talented university students the opportunity to take their first steps into the world of scientific research through its Research Initiation Scholarships (RIF).

IMDEA Materials Institute has welcomed Prof. Andrés Díaz Lantada as a new Principal Investigator and leader of the research line on Bioinspired, Smart, and Living Materials.

“Cooling blankets” are the algorithm’s latest obsession: videos with millions of views show influencers wrapping themselves in fabrics that, according to them, “absorb body heat.”

Peru has hosted the first-ever international design school in the Americas focused on open-source medical devices, thanks to a unique collaboration between IMDEA Materials Institute, the Technical University of Madrid (UPM), and the University of Piura.

In a breakthrough for regenerative medicine, a new study from IMDEA Materials Institute researchers has demonstrated the potential of 3D-printed carbon microlattices as structurally tunable scaffolds for bone tissue engineering.