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

Highlighting recent advancements in ceramic AM that are coming out of academic labs and are influencing the future of the ...

Shares of Ultragenyx and Mereo BioPharma were rocked by disappointing late-stage trial results of their brittle-bone disease treatment. It's looking like a poor end to 2025 for investors in two ...

Zero-thermal-expansion (ZTE) materials are widely used in precision optics, cryogenic equipment and sensors, where even small ...

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 ...

Since his postdoctoral days at MIT, Hang Yu, associate professor of materials science and engineering, has been wrestling ...

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, ...

More men are now living long enough to develop osteoporosis. But few are aware of the risk, and fewer still are screened and treated. By Paula Span Ronald Klein was biking around his neighborhood in ...

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 ...