In the Arizona desert, a lab accident more than a decade ago set in motion the development of a building material that could ...

Spiders and silkworms are masters of materials science, but scientists are finally catching up. Silks are among the toughest materials known, stronger and less brittle, pound for pound, than steel.

The mechanical strength and toughness of engineering materials are often mutually exclusive, posing challenges for material design and selection. To address this, a research team from The Hong Kong ...

University of Toronto researchers create biochar from wood as strong as mild steel, redefining sustainable materials.

Thanks to a new strategy in the development of materials related to steel, high strength and ductility are no longer mutually exclusive. For the steel industry, there may be a way out of the dilemma ...

The strength–ductility trade-off has been a long-standing dilemma in materials science. This has limited the potential of many structural materials, steels in particular. Here we report a way of ...

CAMBRIDGE, MASS. (WHDH) - Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created a new material that combines the strength of steel and the lightness of plastic. Doctor Michael Strano, a ...

Researchers have developed eco-friendly bricks and tiles from agricultural waste, reducing costs and carbon emissions while ...