ON account of the present great interest in the interpretation of X-ray patterns for amorphous substances (broad haloes) it seems desirable to present in a preliminary way a few of the ...

X-ray diffraction to obtain high-resolution maps of intra-granular stress in the sandstone. By combining stress mapping with ...

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Gold's stability has been found to be 14 times its melting point, challenging thermodynamic principles, offering insights into extreme material behavior under ultrafast heating.

Every year, thousands of new materials are created, yet many never reach their full potential because their applications aren ...

Rosalind Franklin was known for her intellectual rigour, keen sense of justice, and strong personality. She was a private ...

Natural diamond, seen here, has a cubic packing structure. But a much rarer form of diamond has hexagonal packing and has now ...

Gold remains solid at extreme temperatures, challenging thermodynamic laws and offering new insights for material design.

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Each year, researchers around the world create thousands of new materials — but many of them never reach their full potential. A new AI tool from the University of Toronto's Faculty of Applied Science ...