Making the most of the Residential & Dining Enterprises Teaching Kitchen @ Stanford, this course helps students learn the fundamentals of materials science through make all kinds of delectable goodies—from fruit caviar to fudge.
Researchers obtain a rare view of promethium’s properties
For the first time, scientists characterize a promethium coordination complex, which furthers their understanding of elusive lanthanide elements. The rare earth element promethium is unique in that it has no stable isotopes. This means that it is constantly decaying, making it difficult to study.
Flawed fillers in polymers boost heat transfer
A team of researchers, led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst, made an important discovery in their quest to design the next generation of materials for modern devices—ones that are lightweight, flexible, and excellent at dissipating heat: imperfection has its upsides.
New material gives copper superalloy-like strength
Researchers from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and Lehigh University have developed a nanostructured copper alloy (Cu-Ta-Li) with exceptional thermal stability and mechanical strength, potentially redefining high-temperature materials for aerospace, defense, and industrial applications. This groundbreaking alloy is one of the most resilient copper-based materials ever created. The research, supported by a $25 million cooperative […]
Scientists observe exotic quantum phase once thought impossible
Rice University researchers have directly observed a superradiant phase transition (SRPT), a quantum phenomenon predicted over 50 years ago, which could revolutionize quantum computing, communication, and sensing. This occurs when quantum particles fluctuate collectively without external triggers, forming a new state of matter. The discovery was made in a crystal of erbium, iron, and oxygen, […]