A series of dazzling crystals and minerals are now on display in the David Friend Hall of the Peabody Museum. The display sets a high standard for natural history museums around the world.
Sticky materials may already hold our lives together, but a new breakthrough in our understanding of how things stick together could transform our understanding of some biological processes like organ growth and cancer metastasis.
The world of electronics will soon have slower growth because of limitations from materials science. But new research in magnetic metamaterials promises a solution — and it all started with the observation of phase transitions.