MIT researchers found that metals retain hidden atomic patterns once believed to vanish during manufacturing. These patterns arise from microscopic dislocations that guide atoms into preferred ...

Predictive modeling and atomic-scale control are reducing development time for advanced materials, also increasing precision, functionality, and efficiency.

A research team led by Professor Jungwon Park from the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Seoul National University College of Engineering has developed a novel technique for ...

Crystallography lets scientists see materials as systems of ordered atoms, turning materials research into a predictive science. In revealing how atomic arrangements govern strength, conductivity, and ...

Researchers with the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, have created an innovative method to visualize and analyze atomic structures ...

They applied the 2017 Nobel Prize-winning 3D structural analysis method for protein particles to solve a long-standing challenge. (Nanowerk News) Seoul National University College of Engineering ...

(Nanowerk News) A research team discovered a method to transform materials with three-dimensional atomic structures into nearly two-dimensional structures – a promising advancement in controlling ...

The earliest blacksmiths in the Bronze and Iron Ages figured out that when they deformed metal through bending or hammering, it became stronger. This process, known as work or strain hardening, is ...