The economic impact of these failures is measured in hundreds of billions of dollars every year for the U.S." Although scientists have created some self-healing materials, mostly plastics, the notion ...

Engineers have spent decades trying to build metals that do not snap, melt, or grind away under extreme conditions, and for a ...

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Since his postdoctoral days at MIT, Hang Yu, associate professor of materials science and engineering, has been wrestling ...

Normally, when liquids solidify, their molecules become locked in place, making it much harder for ions to move and leading to a steep decrease in ionic conductivity. Now, scientists have synthesized ...

Mucic acid crystals grown from a water-based solution achieved a record-breaking stiffness for an organic crystal.

Scientists have long sought to unravel the mysteries of strange metals -- materials that defy conventional rules of electricity and magnetism. Now, a team of physicists has made a breakthrough in this ...

The Terminator series is any metallurgist’s dream. Across all six films, including two good ones, futuristic human-killing robots showcase all the sci-fi possibilities of metal — both resistant ...

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The graduate programs in materials science and engineering from Drexel Engineering engage you in learning and research at the forefront of materials science. Students graduate prepared for careers in ...

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