When the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry honored Omar Yaghi—the "father of metal-organic frameworks," or MOFs—along with Susumu ...

Researchers observed how metal microstructures evolve during 3D printing, offering insights to improve strength, reliability, and design of advanced components. In a form of additive manufacturing, ...

Stanford researchers have developed a mathematical model to map the microscopic structure of materials to plan nuclear waste storage.

MIT researchers found that a hidden atomic order can persist in metals even after they undergo extreme processing. For ...

MIT engineers have developed a printable aluminum alloy that can withstand high temperatures and is five times stronger than ...

This sponge-like porosity – meaning lots of tiny holes inside – lets MOFs trap and release gases, store energy-rich fuels like hydrogen, and capture harmful pollutants. MOFs can use a variety of ...

Incorporating machine learning, MIT engineers have developed a way to 3D print aluminum alloys that are five times stronger.

Researchers used Argonne's Advanced Photon Source to capture how the microstructure of metals evolves in real time during 3D printing. The findings could pave the way for advanced manufacturing of ...

Fungi are best known for returning dead, organic matter to the Earth, but materials scientists are exploring whether they could someday help our bodies repair, in the form of special hydrogels.

Tohoku University researchers dispel the “plasma effect” myth in spark plasma sintering, showing that both SPS and hot ...

Metasurfaces, as 2D artificial electromagnetic materials engineered at subwavelength scales, enable efficient manipulation of ...

Hard carbon (HC) is considered the most promising anode material for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) due to its high cost-effectiveness and outstanding overall performance. However, the amorphous and ...