"Glass" has a unique and distinct meaning in physics—one that refers not just to the transparent material we associate with window glass. Instead, it refers to any system that looks solid but is not ...

The economic impact of these failures is measured in hundreds of billions of dollars every year for the U.S." Although scientists have created some self-healing materials, mostly plastics, the notion ...

A fungus aboard the ISS extracted palladium from meteorite rock, hinting at future space mining powered by living microbes.

The DOE's Argonne National Laboratory has launched its Activated Materials Lab to study radiation effects in nuclear reactor materials.

A joint research team led by Professors Han-Ki Kim and Bo Ram Lee from the School of Advanced Materials Science and ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The first thing to know is that “heavy metal” is something of ...

Scientists have recently observed a phenomenon that seems straight out of science fiction: metal that appears to move autonomously, almost as if it were alive. This discovery has sparked both ...

Direct detection of lithium from a SpaceX rocket reentry offers new evidence that metal pollution from space debris could ...

The Terminator series is any metallurgist’s dream. Across all six films, including two good ones, futuristic human-killing robots showcase all the sci-fi possibilities of metal — both resistant ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Metals aren’t known to “heal” themselves on their own; once ...

Researchers at the University of Oklahoma have developed new hybrid materials that challenge conventional thinking about how light-emitting compounds work and could advance the field of fast radiation ...

Scientists have long sought to unravel the mysteries of strange metals -- materials that defy conventional rules of electricity and magnetism. Now, a team of physicists has made a breakthrough in this ...