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  • November 12, 2025

    Sustainability-informed materials selection, design, discovery, and development

    An article by Schoenung, Ogunseitan, and Heine.

  • November 6, 2025

    Superconducting germanium

    Germanium hits superconducting state in breakthrough that could power quantum chips. Germanium turns superconducting at 3.5 Kelvin, opening paths to energy-efficient computing and cryogenic electronics.

  • October 9, 2025

    The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

    Given to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi for their development of metal-organic frameworks. Outstanding materials that contain large cavities in which molecules can flow in and out. Researchers have used them to harvest water from desert air, extract pollutants from water, capture carbon dioxide and store hydrogen.

  • September 25, 2025

    Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

    Book Review by Barry Eichengreen

  • September 24, 2025

    Weird ‘Time Crystals’ Are Made Visible at Last

    Time crystal in motion

  • August 20, 2025

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    How To Be A Better Learner in 2025



       

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