Scientists Turn Pure Metal into Glass
A team of materials scientists headed by Prof Scott Mao from the University of Pittsburgh has managed to make metallic glasses from pure, monoatomic metals. False color, high-resolution image of …
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World’s Thinnest Electrical Wires Developed: Just Three Atoms Wide
Researchers are reporting development of the world’s thinnest electrical wires, made of chalcogenide and diamondoids (the smallest possible bits of diamond). The study appears in the journal Nature Materials. Fuzzy …
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Record-Breaking Material Shrinks When Heated
Most materials expand when heated, but a few materials do the opposite and contract. Researchers at Nagoya University are now adding to this curious class of materials. A layered ruthenate …
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Researchers Invent Sound-Shaping Metamaterial
A team of researchers from the Universities of Sussex and Bristol, UK, has invented the first metamaterial that easily bends, shapes and focuses sound waves that pass through it, as …
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Step Forward in Engineering High-Efficiency Nanohybrid Catalysts
Versatile superstructures composed of nanoparticles have recently been prepared using various disassembly methods. However, little information is known on how the structural disassembly influences the catalytic performance of the materials. …
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New Nickelate Material Shows Potential for High-Temperature Superconductivity
Materials scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory have identified the trilayer nickelate compound Pr4Ni3O8 as a promising candidate material for high-temperature superconductivity. The findings are published …
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A quantum electrodynamics of light for material science
The basic building blocks of atoms, molecules and solids are positively charged nuclei and negatively charged electrons. Their mutual interactions determine most of the physical and chemical properties of matter, …
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Design and construct interfaces between materials with different structures by making a bridge between them
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have shown that it is possible to design and construct interfaces between materials with different structures by making a bridge between them. The advance …
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Scientists Probe Mysteries of Glass
Researchers at Yale University and the Texas Tech University have found a way of predicting whether a given glass will be ductile or brittle. A glass sculpture called ‘The Sun’ …
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Secrets of Roman Architectural Concrete Uncovered
A group of scientists led by Dr Anthony Ingraffea of Cornell University has revealed clues to the longevity and endurance of such Imperial Roman monuments as the Colosseum and Pantheon. …
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