The Beaty Biodiversity Museum is an objectively strange place for an art exhibit. The building, more bunker than gallery, is ...

Suspensions are widespread in industry and everyday life. By a suspension, materials scientists mean a liquid in which tiny, ...

Understanding how to leverage admixtures can mean the difference between a surface that cracks or curls and one that performs ...

ETH Zurich scientists measure rolling friction in micrometer-sized particles, enhancing understanding of suspensions in ...

Cement is a carbon monster — but scientists are taking a cue from seashells to make it tougher, safer, and greener.

Reinforced concrete is the miracle material which made possible so many of the twentieth century’s most iconic structures, but here in this century its environmental footprint makes it something ...

Scientists have gathered concrete evidence that time can be altered, proving that the concept of time travel exists—at least ...

A new generation of electron microscopes is able to explore the microscopic properties of materials and devices as diverse as transistors, turbine blades and interfacial superconductors.

Graphene makes a difference by acting as a mechanical support and as a catalyst surface for the initial hydration reaction, leading to better bonding at microscopic scale and giving the finished ...