Planetary scientists have long debated where the material that formed Earth comes from. Despite its location in the inner ...

A team of scientists led by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has identified a rare, ...

Some materials behave unexpectedly. They crack differently than expected, or react in ways that are hard to explain. The ...

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

Australian researchers have created what may be one of the most thermally stable materials ever discovered. This new zero thermal expansion (ZTE) material made of scandium, aluminum, tungsten and ...

Data center servers, powerful smartphones, and your computer's motherboard have one thing in common. When these devices get too hot, their performance takes a hit, and we can't have that. That's why ...

MIT researchers have developed a new material that's as strong as steel but as light as plastic. It can be easily manufactured in large quantities, and the use cases range from lightweight coatings ...