Engineers have spent decades trying to build metals that do not snap, melt, or grind away under extreme conditions, and for a long time the tradeoffs seemed unavoidable. Push strength too far and a ...

A newly accepted review published in Materials Futures presents a comprehensive overview of the ambitious journey of Refractory High-Entropy Alloys (RHEAs), a novel class of material engineered to ...

Hypersonic aircraft, like NASA’s X-43A shown here, are exposed to extreme heat and pressure. Jim Ross/NASA via Getty Images Their atoms are held together by strong chemical bonds and arranged in a ...

Succeeding in electronics manufacturing requires understanding how to make the respective components as resilient as possible during their intended uses. Often, that means using alloys in the design ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Their atoms are held together by strong chemical bonds and arranged in a stable ...