Can light behave like a whirlwind? It turns out it can—and such "optical tornadoes" have now been created in an extremely ...

Researchers from Fuzhou University have announced a significant breakthrough in energy storage technology, developing a novel ...

Researchers developed a method that gradually adds and removes atoms in simulations, enabling realistic modeling of crystal defects that affect material strength.

Scientists have achieved superconductivity at higher temperatures without extreme pressure, bringing new energy technologies one step closer.

Olivine, the most common mineral in the upper 400 km (about 250 miles) of Earth’s interior, has long been studied for how it deforms. Scientists have identified two primary directions of dislocation ...

Diamonds are famous for their strength, but scientists have long suspected that another form of diamond might be even harder.

Grain boundaries determine how strong a material is: the more grain boundaries, the stronger the material. Grain boundaries move through a material, but how this movement works had until now remained ...

A new generation of nuclear microbatteries may soon power electronics that must operate for years without maintenance.

For decades, it has been widely believed that electrons move most efficiently in materials that are clean and highly ordered.

Diamond is famously known as the hardest mineral on Earth. “There are hundreds of claims from people who believe they have ...

Researchers at Saarland University in Germany have 3D-printed an electric motor rotor from metallic glass, a material that ...

Lithium was supposed to be soft. The metal bends easily in bulk form, stretches before it breaks, and deforms the way you ...