The Mystery of How Quasicrystals Form

New studies of the “platypus of materials” help explain how their atoms arrange themselves into orderly, but nonrepeating, ...

Optimal packing: How chloroplasts in plant cells maximize light use while allowing for safe rearrangement

Optimal packing problems have inspired mathematicians for centuries. Biophysicists now add a layer to the question: How do ...

Algorithm reveals 'magic sizes' for assembling programmable icosahedral shells at minimal cost

Over the past decade, experts in the field of nanotechnology and materials science have been trying to devise architectures ...
Science Daily

MIT scientists find metals hold secret atomic patterns

MIT researchers found that metals retain hidden atomic patterns once believed to vanish during manufacturing. These patterns ...

Scientists Find Secret Atomic Patterns in Common Metals, Challenging Decades of Theory

MIT researchers found that a hidden atomic order can persist in metals even after they undergo extreme processing. For ...
Business Insider

Global Rare Earth Elements Market Size Projected to Reach $8.14 Billion By 2032 with a Significant Increase in Demand Expected

PALM BEACH, Fla., Oct. 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FN Media Group News Commentary - The rising demand for consumer durables such as tablets, laptops, and smartphones is one of the factors driving the ...
France 24

Iran claims to expose Israeli nuclear secrets – citing publicly available documents

Iran’s state television on September 24 broadcast a documentary claiming to expose confidential documents related to Israel’s nuclear programme. However, some of the information presented as new is ...
Newsday

Zelenskyy and UN atomic agency head warn of heightened risk at huge Ukrainian nuclear plant

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s president and the U.N. nuclear agency head are sounding the alarm about increased safety risks at the Russia-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in southern Ukraine, ...
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Meta Builds AI Center the Size of 70 Football Fields. Residents Near Similar Facility Say They're 'Scared to Drink Our Own Water'

“It feels like we’re fighting an unwinnable battle that we didn’t sign up for,” said Beverly Morris, who lives near Meta's data center in Georgia David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty; Meta A massive ...