Overview: AI is transforming materials science by dramatically reducing the time needed to discover and test new ...

Woven fabric is resilient to stress because it tends to bend more than rigid materials before breaking. Jordan Lye/Moment via Getty Images People have been using flat, ribbonlike materials, such as ...

Technologies that underpin modern society, such as smartphones and automobiles, rely on a diverse range of functional materials. Materials scientists are therefore working to develop and improve new ...

Today, a new multi-user materials science laboratory began its journey to the International Space Station, leaving NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., for NASA’s Kennedy Space ...

Materials research generates vast amounts of data, but the information often exists in manufacturer-specific formats and the terminology is inconsistent, making it difficult to aggregate, compare, and ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A multiuse materials science laboratory arrived Dec. 4 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Fla., to begin the first leg of its journey to the International Space Station. The ...

Depth profiling techniques constitute a fundamental analytical approach in material science, enabling researchers to characterise the composition, structure and interfacial properties of complex ...

Materials science is a major priority in China, and underpins many growing industries, including advanced composites for wind turbines blades, next-generation semiconductors for solar cells, and ...

Data-driven science represents a transformative paradigm in materials science. Both data-driven materials science and informatics encompass systematic knowledge extraction from materials datasets.

Clathrate hydrates are complex water structures that contain foreign guest molecules inside a host water-molecule shell. A predicted clathrate hydrate phase structure has been stably synthesized in ...

Handle with care Fuel rods being loaded into a reactor core at the Chooz B1 nuclear power station. Several other French reactors were shut down in late 2016 due to material defects in key components. ...