Stretchable electronics are increasingly used in devices like smartphones, smartwatches, curved displays, and wearable sensors, but they face a trade-off between flexibility and electrical performance, as stretchable materials like elastomers typically underperform compared to rigid ones like metals or semiconductors. To address this, researchers have turned to origami and kirigami—Japanese techniques of folding and cutting […]
ASM is pleased to announce that Prof. Stefano Curtarolo, Director, Center for Autonomous Materials Design, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, is the 2026 J. Willard Gibbs Phase Equilibria Award recipient.
In this video see how the US Naval Research Laboratory employs thermal spray non-skid coating to U.S. Navy ships.
This video from Critical Metals News describes how rare earth metals are processed, and why that process matters.
Elmet Technologies, Lewiston, Maine, the last and only fully integrated, U.S.-owned and operated tungsten and molybdenum manufacturer, announced the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 12,359,290 titled “Tungsten Heavy Metal Alloy Powders and Methods of Forming Them.”
