Breaking Barriers in Mechanical Design Engineering
Mechanical design and engineering has long been a male-dominated profession, yet its core demands—curiosity, precision, and problem-solving—are qualities that transcend…
Breakthrough 3D-Printed Aluminum Alloy Doubles Fatigue Resistance
Material fatigue remains one of the most persistent challenges in engineering, responsible for an estimated 80% of structural failures across…
Engineering Viruses to Build the Future of Nanomaterials
Angela Belcher, the James Mason Crafts Professor of Biological Engineering and a professor of materials science at MIT, delivered the…
Lexus NX350 Turbo Delivers Precision, Not Dominance
Seven years after its last major overhaul, Lexus has returned to the compact luxury SUV battlefield with the second-generation NX….
Material Science and 3D Printing Redefine Construction
In 2022, laboratories, universities, and startups accelerated the transformation of construction through advances in both material science and fabrication methods….
Soft-Body Snake Robots Slash Underwater Energy Use
Soft robotics, built from compliant materials, has emerged as a transformative field with applications ranging from industrial manipulation to medical…
CO?-Responsive Materials Boost Oil Recovery in Tight Reservoirs
Low-permeability oil and gas reservoirs, which account for roughly 38% of global fields and 46% of those in China, present…
Melt Electro Writing Pushes Boundaries in Tissue Scaffold Design
Melt electro writing (MEW) has emerged as a precision additive manufacturing technique capable of producing microscale fibers for tissue engineering…
Amorphous TaNiSiC Films Achieve Exceptional Stability and Strength
A recent study has demonstrated how combinatorial magnetron sputtering can be used to tailor the properties of amorphous TaNiSiC thin…