Researchers working at the nanoscale have found that 3D-printed metal parts can stay mechanically strong even when they ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--It's a well-known characteristic of metals that repeated bending in the same place can cause the material to weaken and eventually break; this phenomenon, known as metal fatigue, can ...

Scientists at Caltech have figured out how to precisely engineer tiny three-dimensional (3D) metallic pieces with nanoscale ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Rechargeable lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are the dominant technology not only for portable electronics but it also is becoming the battery of choice for electric-vehicle and ...

image: THE INTRODUCTION OF DEFECTS INTO ELECTRODE MATERIALS FOR METAL-BASED BATTERIES IS AN EFFECTIVE STRATEGY TO IMPROVE BATTERY PERFORMANCE, DUE TO DEFECTIVE CATALYSTS HAVE THE ADVANTAGES OF HIGH ...

Engineers have found a way to simultaneously mitigate three types of defects in parts produced using a prominent additive manufacturing technique called laser powder bed fusion. University of ...

Using X-ray beams and machine learning for detecting structural defects, such as pore formation, can help prevent failure of metal 3D-printed parts. Systematic computer-based material design uses ...

The formation of lithium dendrites is still a mystery, but materials engineers study the conditions that enable dendrites and how to stop them. Historically, as in decades ago, rechargeable lithium ...