While tugging at a 40-nanometer-thick piece of platinum inside a vacuum 200 times a second, the team observed how the material could mend itself under an electron microscope. They claim it’s the first ...

When metallic components in airplanes, bridges, and other structures crack, the results are often catastrophic. But Johns Hopkins University researchers have found a way to reliably predict the ...

File this under 'That's not supposed to happen!'. In an experiment published in 2023, scientists observed a damaged section of metal healing itself. Though the repair was only on a nanoscale level, ...

Scientists for the first time have witnessed pieces of metal crack, then fuse back together without any human intervention, overturning fundamental scientific theories in the process. If the newly ...

Hammersmith Bridge footing and chains swathed in insulating foil and cooled to 13 Celsius to prevent further cracking in heatwave of up to 34 Celsius. Image taken on July 14, 2022. Credit - Ian ...

System of a Down not so quietly achieved a hard rock milestone this week after the music video for the Grammy Award-winning band’s 2001 single “Chop Suey!” surpassed one billion views on YouTube. Not ...