Cylinder seals from Ur, c. 2450 BC, Penn Museum, Philadelphia, USA In the first article of this series, I provided a brief historical overview of the Neo-Assyrian, Urartian, and Achaemenid empires, ...

Materials science is an interdisciplinary field concerned with the understanding and application of the properties of matter. Materials scientists study the connections between the underlying ...

Soft materials are materials that can be easily deformed by thermal stresses or thermal fluctuations at about room temperature. Soft materials include liquids, polymers, foams, gels, colloids ...

There is a wide array of materials used for construction. Many of them occur naturally and can be found, mined, or extracted. But generally they still need to be processed into their final form.

Most building materials must be processed to be used for construction. Steel is mainly produced from iron ore, coal, and other materials such as limestone or steel scrap. Afterwards, crude steel ...

Materials science and engineering at CU Boulder is at the forefront of research advancements across fields including biotechnology and medicine, sustainability, renewable energy, polymers, ...

Dec. 12, 2024 — A researcher has developed a new technique to detect long wave infrared (LWIR) photons of different wavelengths or 'colors.' The new detection and ...

Bloomberg revealed President Joe Biden plans to formally block the $14.1 billion sale of United States Steel to Nippon Steel on national security grounds once the deal is referred back to him ...

Material-Skin is a HTML5/Javascript user-interface for Lyrion Music Server, suitable for mobile and desktop usage. The Screenshots wiki page has more screenshots. For more information, please refer to ...

Science programme reporting on developments across the disciplines. Each week, scientists describe their work, conveying the excitement they feel for their research projects ...