How is artificial snow made?

In what may be the warmest Winter Olympics on record, Sochi looked more like southern California. With few real snowflakes to blanket Sochi’s slopes, the latest episode of Reactions by the American Chemical Society, explains how science kept the Winter Olympics alive with artificial snow. Video by Kirk Zamieroski Series created by Adam Dylewski Produced […]

How to create selective holes in graphene

Researchers devised a way of making tiny holes of controllable size in sheets of graphene, a development that could lead to ultrathin filters for improved desalination or water purification.

ASM Announces Emerging Technologies Survey Results

ASM International’s Emerging Technologies Awareness Committee recently conducted a survey of several hundred ASM members to gain feedback on technologies that members believe will have the most impact on the future of materials science and engineering.