http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. What's about the size of a large refrigerator, weighs a ton and may help pave the way for new and improved metals or glasses here on Earth? It's the Materials Science Research Rack -- a new laboratory on board the International Space Station. http://www.physorg.com/news172426197.html Space & Earth Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:10:12 EST news172426197 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Science, a joint institute of SLAC and Stanford University, have produced a hydrogen-rich alloy that could provide insight into the properties of metallic hydrogen, according to a study published in the August 17 issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The work is a step toward materials with revolutionary implications for energy science, enabling lossless power transmission, next-generation particle accelerators and even magnetic levitation. http://www.physorg.com/news170007996.html Physics Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:28:01 EST news170007996 Shape memory alloys can "remember" a condition. If they are deformed, a temperature change can be enough to bring them back to their original shape. A simulation calculates the characteristics of these materials. http://www.physorg.com/news166718002.html Technology Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:34:10 EST news166718002 By squeezing a typical metal alloy at pressures hundreds of thousands of times greater than normal atmospheric pressure, scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have created a material that does not expand when heated, as does nearly every normal metal, and acts like a metal with an entirely different chemical composition. http://www.physorg.com/news164301757.html Physics Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:57:02 EST news164301757 (PhysOrg.com) -- Ever since the Bronze Age, humans have experimented with combining different metals to create alloys with properties superior to either metal alone. But not all metals readily form alloys - for some pairs of elements the atoms are too dissimilar. Now researchers in an international team have discovered that previously impossible alloys can be created by subjecting atoms to high pressure―opening up possibilities for new materials in the future. http://www.physorg.com/news155994105.html Physics Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:42:19 EST news155994105 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at MIT and the National University of Singapore have made significant progress in understanding a class of materials that has resisted analysis for decades. Their findings could lead to the rapid discovery of a variety of useful new kinds of glass made of metallic alloys with potentially significant mechanical, chemical and magnetic applications. http://www.physorg.com/news149167668.html Physics Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:27:48 EST news149167668 Scientists from the California Institute of Technology have created a range of structural metallic-glass composites, based in titanium, that are lighter and less expensive than any the group had previously created, while still maintaining their toughness and ductility--the ability to be deformed without breaking. http://www.physorg.com/news148917592.html Physics Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:59:52 EST news148917592 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at MIT have made significant progress in understanding a class of materials that has resisted analysis for decades. Their findings could lead to the rapid discovery of a variety of useful new kinds of glass made of metallic alloys with potentially significant mechanical, chemical and magnetic applications. http://www.physorg.com/news148913063.html Physics Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:44:23 EST news148913063 (PhysOrg.com) -- Metal alloys can fail unexpectedly in a wide range of applications -- from jet engines to satellites to cell phones -and new research from the University of Michigan helps to explain why. http://www.physorg.com/news141485965.html Physics Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:39:25 EST news141485965 One of the more promising types of materials for use in spintronics today is the class of metal alloys known as Heusler alloys. These alloys are named after a German engineer, and might be useful in technology in which electron quantum spin states are used to enhance electronic devices. Additionally, Heusler alloys may have an effect in quantum memory processing and telecommunications. http://www.physorg.com/news134042034.html Physics Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:53:54 EST news134042034