Mineral scale inside pipes is one of those hidden problems that quietly drains money and energy from industrial systems, municipal utilities, and home infrastructure. Now a new generation of lab-grown ...

We apply materials science to develop sustainable solutions that address critical industry needs for energy efficiency, resource conservation, and material performance. The Materials Science ...

Engineers adapt a compound to serve as a universal anticorrosive coating for steel. An insulator of sulfur and selenium made with flexible devices in mind may have found its true destiny: As an ...

In industrial pipes, mineral deposits build up the way limescale collects inside a kettle ⎯ only on a far larger and more expensive scale. Mineral scaling is a major issue in water and energy systems, ...