Most materials, especially metals and ceramics, are crystals. Their atoms are arranged in three-dimensional lattices that repeat the same exact pattern, over and over again. But there's a well-known ...

Most solid materials we rely on, from steel, to plastics and ceramics, are designed to have specific properties. Whether a ...

Researchers at the University of Illinois have discovered a surprising mathematical connection between two areas of condensed ...

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A small-town Nebraska mom grew weary of having to travel to get speech therapy for her daughter. She went back to school to become an expert, opened her own clinic in Hemingford, with its ...

Because of its physical characteristics, mycelium can be used to bind a filler. In this case, a fungus derived from hot springs in Yellowstone is mixed with sugar cane waste to make a flexible, ...

There's not enough therapy in the world for the Old Dominion University ROTC students who were forced to kill a school ...

The EPA's sole function is to protect Americans from environmental health threats, and yet again and again it backs ...