The search for materials that can conduct electricity at room temperature without losing energy is one of the greatest and most consequential challenges of modern physics: loss-free power transmission ...

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 ...

Most materials we use in everyday life expand slightly when heated and return to their original size when cooled. In addition ...

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 ...

New research in orbital semiconductors, space-based metal 3D printing, and in-space recycling pushes production beyond and reveals lessons for advanced manufacturing on ...

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 ...

Lane Martin is the Robert A. Welch Professor, professor of materials science and nanoengineering and director of the Rice Advanced Materials Institute at Rice University. HOUSTON – (August 1, 2024) – ...

Led by Northwestern Engineering’s Cécile Chazot, the Materials Initiative for Comprehensive Research Opportunity (MICRO) allows undergraduates from universities without materials science programs or ...

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