A team of researchers from Saarland University in Germany has found a way to turn super-thin, stretchy films—about the thickness of kitchen cling wrap—into smart materials that can bring everyday ...

To the point where, in most cases, they can quite literally flex and bend without breaking — though not so much if they're attached to rigid materials like glass or metal. Thin film solar panels ...

Researchers in Canada have compared strawberry growth under uniform illumination from semi-transparent thin-film cadmium ...