Materials are a necessity for all engineering applications. Materials science and engineering seeks to understand the fundamental physical origins of material behavior in order to optimize properties ...

Depending on your sleeping preferences and budget, there are certain mattress materials that suit you best. Here's what you need to know about the different types of mattresses before you buy. Joshua ...

Wheels have been evolving ever since ancient civilizations started whipping up killer dubs for their wagons. Throughout thousands of years, humans have produced some sweet variants with significantly ...

More builders and homeowners are looking for ways to reduce the environmental impact of residential construction, and a quickly-emerging way of doing so is by using upcycled materials. Instead of ...

Mansour Solaimanian receives funding from Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. In the past has received research funding from Federal Highway Administration and Wisconsin Department of ...

This year's 35 Innovators are making it possible for familiar materials like glass, steel, and electronics to have completely new properties. In the 24 years I’ve worked as a materials scientist, I’ve ...

While nanomaterials are considered materials with at least one dimension less than 100 nanometers, nanoporous materials contain gaps measuring between 1 and 1,000 nanometers. As with nanomaterials, ...

The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC) defines it as the process of radiation attenuation achieved by placing an absorbent substance between an individual, a workspace, or a radiation ...

The roots of material science in space began in the mid-20th century during the dawn of the space race. Image Credit: Indometeus/Wikimedia Commons To begin with, rockets, space shuttles, and ...

States have a limited amount of power over what materials teachers use in the classroom. A new report shows how some of them are trying—and succeeding—to wield influence anyway. In the majority of the ...