A new shape-shifting material can change both its texture and color in seconds, inspired by the camouflage abilities of ...

An electron microscopy image can capture atoms arranged in a crystal lattice or defects threading through a semiconductor ...

A joint research team led by Dr. Jeong Sohee from the Center for Extreme Materials Research at KIST and Dr. Lee Kwang-hee ...

An introductory course focused on the new and existing materials that are crucial for mitigating worldwide anthropogenic CO2 emissions and associated greenhouse gases. Emphasis will be placed on how ...

In biology, defects are generally bad. But in materials science, defects can be intentionally tuned to give materials useful ...

Melt flow indexing is evolving to become an even more imperative aspect of the digitized materials testing environment.

The number of scientific papers is growing so rapidly that scientists are no longer able to keep track of all of them, even ...

Clathrate hydrates are crystalline structures formed at the bottom of seafloors, created by water molecules trapping methane, ...

Irene Fonseca has been elected a fellow of the American Association of the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest ...

For a long time, material development has focused on enhancing performance and reducing costs. Efforts have been directed toward making products lighter, tougher, better insulated, more beautiful, ...

Researchers have revisited a long-known material and uncovered a way to dramatically enhance its performance by altering its ...

Since establishment as the world’s first materials science academic department, Northwestern Engineering has led and defined the frontier of material research, enabling transformative technologies ...