When scientists study how materials behave under extreme conditions, they typically examine what happens under compression. But what occurs when you pull matter apart in all directions simultaneously?

Research led by Professor Philip C. Y. Chow and his PhD student Ms. Yumeng Song from the Department of Mechanical Engineering under the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Hong Kong (HKU), has ...

Duplicates of crystal structures are flooding databases, implicating repositories hosting organic, inorganic, and ...

The ultimate goal of materials scientists is to design and create materials with precise structures and tailored properties.

But it always amazes me how you can get so much information from something so tiny.’ Today, Hatcher’s work primarily focuses ...

Translocator protein (TSPO) is highly conserved across the kingdoms of life and, in humans, is implicated in a variety of diseases. This integral mitochondrial membrane protein is undoubtedly ...

Metalworkers and metallurgists have long appreciated the ability to tailor the performance characteristics of steel (an alloy of iron and carbon), including their strength, hardness, ductility and ...

The beautiful symmetry of snowflakes masks the complex physics that governs how ice crystals grow and develop under different environmental conditions, explains Kenneth Libbrecht (Courtesy: ...

Beryllium oxide ceramics exhibit excellent insulating properties, with a resistivity at room temperature comparable to that of aluminum nitride (10¹⁵-10¹⁷ Ω·m). The stability of its crystal structure ...