Summer means sunshine, beach days, and afternoons by the pool … which means wearing swimwear and looking after it. But while ...

Engineers have spent decades trying to build metals that do not snap, melt, or grind away under extreme conditions, and for a ...

Researchers in the US have developed a novel 3D-printed smart composite that enables brittle ceramics to bend, absorb energy, and withstand heavy mechanical loads, while being manufactured at full ...

TOPPAN Holdings Inc. has reached an agreement to acquire Asahi Kasei Corporation’s patented technology related to brittle lidding material for push-through blister packs,1 completing the transfer on ...

Drilling microscopic holes in brittle materials like glass and ceramics, essential for smartphones, medical devices, and microfluidic chips, has long posed a challenge for manufacturers. Conventional ...

Microscopic images of multiple through holes in the glass substrate, (a) top view, (b) cross-section view, and (c) 3D view of the multi-tip tool electrode after machining. (Credits: Shanu and Dixit, ...

The Ultrasonic 60 Precision machine from DMG MORI offers a cost-effective entry into the ultrasonic precision machining of hard, brittle materials such as ceramics (like silicon carbide), glass, ...

For the first time, researchers at the University of California San Diego witnessed diamond capsules undergo shock-induced amorphization, a major discovery with implications for fusion energy.

Engineers have fabricated a metamaterial that is not only strong but also stretchy. Their new method could enable stretchable ceramics, glass, and metals, for tear-proof textiles or stretchy ...