Grounded reconfigurable metamaterials preserved nearly identical displacement fields across rectangular, parallelogram, and random geometries, overcoming a key shape-performance trade-off in mechanical metamaterials. By combining transformation elasticity, grounded body torques, and Willis springs, the system enabled programmable deformation modes, including asymmetric tension without bending and tension-induced buckling.
Using powerful X-rays and computer models, researchers at Argonne and the University of Chicago linked nanoscale particle motion to surprising flow behaviors in soft materials.
Jenike & Johanson, a global leader in bulk solids handling and processing, has been granted a patent for its Jen-Zero™ technology—an engineered solution designed to overcome one of the most persistent challenges in biofuels production: reliably feeding low-density biomass and municipal solid waste (MSW) feedstocks into high-pressure reactors.
Glass bottles tossed in the trash are finding new life thanks to a collaboration between the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Vitriform3D, an advanced manufacturing company.
Researchers developed an electrochemical process that converts limestone and silica into calcium silicate hydrate at 60 °C and 1 bar, enabling belite-rich cement clinker to form at 650 °C rather than the conventional 1200 °C. Using waste cement as the calcium feedstock, the modeled process could reduce production-stage CO2 emissions to 20 kg per ton of cement, a 98% reduction compared with conventional cement production.
Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory showed they can "write" ferroelectric regions into aluminum nitride by using a helium ion beam to create precise defects while keeping the crystal intact.
Many breakthrough materials have been found by accident. The first superconductor, for example, was discovered while researchers were looking for something else.
Laser welding is used to join thin metal parts, like those in fuel cells and electronics. It's a fast and clean process. However, at high speeds, it can leave bumps on the surface of the metal.
Scientists at Ames National Laboratory developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that accelerates discovery of materials needed for next-generation fusion energy systems.
The most demanding calculations in quantum chemistry can now be solved with graphic processing unit (GPU) supercomputers.
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