Scientists at Rice University and the University of Houston have created a powerful new material by guiding bacteria to grow ...

R. T. Shield, On the Plastic Flow of Metals under Conditions of Axial Symmetry, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Vol. 233, No. 1193 (Dec. 20, ...

Deformation, fracture and fatigue are important mechanical phenomena in both metals processing and use. The role of dislocations in and the effects of microstructural features on the plastic ...

In a deeper ecosystem, a study found ocean plastic snagging on coral was leading to deadly infections that literally eat the reef alive. A four-year survey said 125,000 corals in 150 reefs in the ...

Abstract Altering the Stability of Surface Plastic Flow via Mechanochemical Effects Anirudh Udupa, Tatsuya Sugihara, Koushik Viswanathan and Srinivasan Chandrasekar We demonstrate a link between ...

The apparatus has proved to be capable of measuring, with an accuracy of ± 5%, a difference of 0· 1 cal/g in the energy supplied to the specimens in heating them through a temperature range of 240° C ...

LIVERMORE, Calif. – Researchers have found a new tool to explore materials at extreme conditions. By combining very large-scale molecular dynamics simulations with time-resolved data from laser ...