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Scientists make major discovery while working with old building materials: 'A significant challenge'

This isn't just a small improvement; it's a direct challenge to a massive global issue. Scientists make major discovery while ...
Sustainable Brands

Materials Science Breakthroughs & The Try, Try Again Model

If innovation had a lab soundtrack, it wouldn’t be a triumphant drumroll—it would be the quiet hum of “try again.” Dow’s ...
Science Daily

Model governing deformation of materials under stress challenged

Scientists have expanded on a longstanding model governing the mechanics behind slip banding, a process that produces strain marks in metals under compression, gaining a new understanding of the ...
The Economist

AI models are dreaming up the materials of the future

Editor’s note (May 19th 2025): On May 16th, MIT said that Aidan Toner-Rodgers was no longer in the MIT PhD program. The university “has no confidence in the provenance, reliability or validity of the ...