Many everyday materials, ranging from plastic grocery bags to airplane wings and cast-iron supporting beams for highway bridges, are fabricated by freezing liquids into polycrystalline solid ...
Stellar dendrite crystals are fairly large, 2-4 millimeters, and easily seen with the naked eye. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to ...
Lithium-ion batteries have revolutionized the way we power our gadgets, and they even nabbed the Nobel Prize in Chemistry this year. But scientists want to make even more powerful versions. Replacing ...