Compared to metal and polymer-based materials, ceramics can better withstand high temperatures and corrosive environments, but their brittle nature often makes them susceptible to breakage. This ...

To make ultrastrong yet lightweight materials for aerospace components, researchers have in the past decade created complex 3-D lattices that are mostly air but gain strength from their intricate ...

Solid-phase sintering method was used to dope Nd and Sm ions at the Y sites of Y₂MgTiO₆ ceramics, forming a solid solution and significantly increasing the Q×f value. The analysis of chemical bonds ...

The award-winning La Gota building is home to a temporary hall, a permanent exhibition of the painter Sofía Feliu, and the Tobacco Museum. The building uses a post-tensioned structure through active ...

Ceramic balls have world-famous surfaces and precision geometry. The inherently strong material can often perform when other materials flake out. Though increasingly affordable, there’s no getting ...

A five-element ceramic aerogel compresses by 98% and recovers its shape from cryogenic to 1500 degrees C temperatures, outperforming conventional thermal insulation materials. (Nanowerk Spotlight) ...