For a long time, finding new materials felt a bit like being a lone artisan. You’d spend ages tinkering, trying things out ...

When we think about engineering and computer science, textiles may not come to mind first. Yet woven forms can be extremely complex and are useful in many scientific applications in addition to being ...

Innovations around the globe—and beyond—require better, stronger, lighter, more adaptable materials. From metals that can sustain the heat—and cold—of space travel to greener plastics that help ...

Material science and engineering involves the design and discovery of novel materials. This discipline integrates the work of chemistry, physics, engineering with ceramics, metallurgy, nanotechnology, ...

From cement and glass to plastics and rare earths, materials come in all shapes and sizes. Hardly surprising, then, that materials-science institutions aren’t easy to pin down, explains Robert P ...