This Alloy Is Kinkyby Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryRemarkable metal alloy won’t crack at extreme temperatures due to kinking, or bending, of crystals at the atomic level
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NewsNaturalistic Silk Spun from Artificial Spider Glandby RIKENNew device helps researchers spin silk artificially but still recreate the complex molecular structures found in nature
NewsMachine Learning Method Speeds Up Discovery of Green Energy Materialsby Kyushu UniversityResearchers turn to machine learning to identify two uniquely structured proton-conducting oxides
NewsUltrafast Laser Pulses Could Lessen Data Storage Energy Needsby University of California - DavisResearch shows that, when hit with a free electron laser, magnetic domain walls move much faster than previously thought
NewsSquishy, Metal-Free Magnets to Power Robots and Guide Medical Implantsby University of MichiganStrong enough to move soft robots and medical capsules, weak enough to not ruin MRI images
NewsHow Black Silicon Gets Its Dark, Rough Edgeby Princeton Plasma Physics LaboratoryResearchers have modeled how fluorine etched peaks form in silicon, creating a material that is highly light absorbent
NewsStripes in a Flowing Liquid Crystal Suggest a Route to ‘Chiral’ Fluidsby Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyStudy finds chiral structures can emerge from nonchiral systems, suggesting new ways to engineer these materials
NewsResearchers 3D Print Components for a Portable Mass Spectrometerby Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyLightweight and inexpensive, miniaturized mass filters are a key step toward portable mass spectrometers
NewsComputational Method Discovers Hundreds of New Ceramicsby Duke UniversityA new computational method unveils hundreds of new ceramic materials with a wide range of properties
NewsSodium’s High-Pressure Transformation Can Tell Us a Lotby University at BuffaloScientists reveal how the element’s electrons chemically bond when under pressures like those found below Earth’s crust