Scientists have created the first computer model of an “ideal glass,” a theoretical material ...

The second paper, appearing in the journal Nano Letters and led by graduate student Pooja Reddy, describes a clever method to ...

After decades of intense research, surprises in the realm of semiconductors—materials used in microchips to control ...

Engineers have discovered an unexpected link between two very different realms of physics: the behavior of electrons in ...

Physicists hunting for new superconductors often look for a very specific shape hidden in ...

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

Solid-state batteries could be safer and more energy-dense than today’s lithium-ion technology, but finding materials that allow ions to move quickly through solid electrolytes has been difficult.

(Jian Fan/iStock/Getty Images Plus) Physicists in the US say they have created a simulation that, for the first time, demonstrates "ideal glass" is possible, resolving a decades-old paradox. In some ...

A recent study, published in Science Advances and co-led by Rice University’s Pengcheng Dai, found that the material cerium ...

A research team from multiple institutions including the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (CAS), Beijing Computational Science Research Center, and Hangzhou Dianzi University ...

The study suggests that both humans and chimpanzees possess a “shared cognitive predisposition” for crystals. Whenever such a ...