Insulators are materials in which electrons cannot move freely. Past theoretical studies predicted the existence of an ...
Gold doesn’t tarnish like similar metals do. A new paper says that the key is the intricate “herringbone” pattern of its ...
Gold’s characteristic glow famously doesn’t fade for thousands of years—and scientists have finally found the molecular trick ...
Researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have found a new way to change how a metal behaves electronically by ...
Before trinitite, the only known naturally formed quasicrystal came from meteorite fragments, likely produced during a ...
As modern technologies shrink to the nanoscale, surfaces increasingly dictate how materials deform, yield, and fail. Yet ...
A long-standing mystery in materials science is beginning to unravel as researchers directly probe the hidden atomic complexity of relaxor ferroelectrics.
Materials called relaxor ferroelectrics have been used for decades in technologies like ultrasounds, microphones, and sonar systems. Their unique properties come from their atomic structure, but that ...
The discovery from the Trinity nuclear test site shows how extreme conditions can result in materials never before seen in ...
Structural Corridors: Brittle graphitic structures and clay gouge indicate structural reactivation and the conduits necessary for mineralizing fluids. Secondary hematite and clay alteration confirm ...
In 1982, materials scientist Dan Shechtman observed an unusual tenfold symmetry in an aluminum-manganese alloy, defying the ...
Delivering a lecture in 1959, theoretical physicist, Richard Feynman, wondered out loud: “What would the properties of materials be if we could really arrange the atoms the way we want them?” The ...