Very nice video about the contemporary scientific world, metrics and production. How can we return to the golden age of the 1960s? How can we support more fundamental science without jeopardizing the strong and important link between science, technology and industry? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBT9vFrV6yQ
An one-of-a-kind piece of research, Geologists and Geophysicists from Italy and USA discovered the first known antropogenic quasicrystal. It was synthesized during the first atomic test at Alamogordo in New Mexico (USA) in July 16th 1945. The research has been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Link for the paper of … Continue reading First anthropogenic quasicrystal was synthesized under extreme conditions
Our work on the emergence of a new class of aluminium alloys -- the crossover alloys -- has been highlighted in the Acta Materialia's most downloaded articles! A throughout article led and written by Dr. Lukas Stemper showing how chemical complexity and synergy between different alloying elements is now defying almost 100 years of accumulated … Continue reading Defying reductionism in aluminium alloys
Materials at Extremes 