First it was self-healing polymers. Then it was self-healing concrete. Now we have self-healing metals. A team of scientists at the Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico recently observed a ...

Engineers have identified a fundamental deformation mechanism that can be leveraged to greatly enhance the fatigue properties of metals, opening the door to a new strategy for designing ...

The Terminator series is any metallurgist’s dream. Across all six films, including two good ones, futuristic human-killing robots showcase all the sci-fi possibilities of metal — both resistant ...

A spate of news stories about structural deficiencies in bridges is leading engineers to examine an age-old culprit: metal fatigue. Discussions of fatigue have gained momentum in the wake of the ...

Solid-state lithium batteries fail for the same reason over-bent paperclips snap – metal fatigue in the anode itself, according to a new study. The findings, which show that this fatigue follows ...

Modern bridges are engineered to withstand metal fatigue. But in the 1960s, when the collapsed Interstate-35 bridge in Minneapolis was built, engineers didn't realize how much traffic bridges would ...

DALLAS - Federal investigators say metal fatigue caused a hole to rip open in the roof of a Southwest Airlines jet as it cruised at 35,000 feet last year. The National Transportation Safety Board says ...