Researchers have found that adding just the right amount of disorder to the structure of certain materials can make them more than twice as resistant to cracking.

A study finds that adding controlled disorder to mechanical metamaterials more than doubles toughness, making them more crack ...

Cut open a bone and you'll see a subtly disordered structure. Tiny beams, called trabeculae, connect to one another in irregular patterns ...

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Where would carbon-based life be without carbon? There are 118 known chemical elements, but carbon is the fourth most ...

Combining concepts from statistical physics with machine learning, researchers at the University of Bayreuth have shown that highly accurate and efficient predictions can now be made as to whether ...

Star-Lord’s Master of the Sun skin is absolute flames. From the triangular paneling down to his sun-printed blasters, it’s translated beautifully from the comics. Quill’s godly power comes ...

Landau's quasiparticles are essentially electrons whose properties have been modified, typically through interactions with the atomic lattice and/or other electrons, leading to (amongst other ...

There are plenty of types of stars out there, but one stands out for being just a little weirder than the others. You might even say it's strange. According to a paper from researchers at Guangxi ...