Scientists Say a Hidden Structure May Exist Inside Earth’s Core

Deep within Earth’s core, scientists are uncovering signs of a hidden structure that challenges long-standing models of the planet’s interior.

Catalysis App: Structured research data for developing sustainable catalysts

Catalysis—the reduction of activation energy in a chemical reaction by a catalyst—plays a key role in the chemical industry, ...
Scientific American

Mollusk shells could pave the way to greener materials

But nacre, the lustrous substance mollusks use to line their shell, is becoming prized once more, this time in materials ...

Scientists Decode Mysterious Magnetic “Maze Domains” To Boost EV Efficiency

Magnetic domains can take on a wide range of structures. In certain soft magnetic materials, they form complex zig-zag ...
EurekAlert!

New study reveals how maze-like magnetic patterns form and evolve in materials

Maze magnetic domains in soft magnetic materials strongly influence energy loss in electric motors, particularly at high ...
ArchDaily

Designing with Living Matter: 5 Installations Using Bio-Based Materials and Digital Fabrication

At a time of ecological emergency, architecture cannot be separated from the extractive systems on which it depends. As the technosphere expands, linking material flows, energy consumption, and ...
marktechpost

A Coding Implementation for Building and Analyzing Crystal Structures Using Pymatgen for Symmetry Analysis, Phase Diagrams, Surface Generation, and Materials Project Integration

In this tutorial, we explore the capabilities of the pymatgen library for computational materials science using Python. We begin by constructing crystal structures such as silicon, sodium chloride, ...
C&EN

Duplicate structures haunt crystallography databases

Duplicates of crystal structures are flooding databases, implicating repositories hosting organic, inorganic, and computer-generated crystals. The issue raises questions about curation practices at ...
The New York Times

On the Labor and Delivery Floor, a Reporter Sees a Solution

C-sections can be lifesaving, but sometimes the procedure can be overused. Data helped show how a hospital decreased its rates of the operation in healthy first-time mothers. By Sarah Kliff Times ...
C&EN

Overcoming Small Data Limitations in Materials Informatics: Interpretable Predictive Modeling of Optical Limiting Efficiency Using the CORRELATO Algorithm

Russian Academy of Sciences, FSBIS Institute of Physiologically Active Compounds of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 1, Severny Proezd, Chernogolovka 142432, Russian Federation Russian Academy of ...
WSB-TV

Data center set to use 6 water towers worth of water per day in Georgia

COWETA COUNTY, Ga. — Massive data centers proposed for metro Atlanta expect to use millions of gallons of water per day. Some of those data centers are planning to use more water than entire Georgia ...
Government Technology

What Is Synthetic Data, and How Is Government Using It?

As AI becomes more common and decisions more data-driven, a new(ish) form of information is on the rise: synthetic data. And some proponents say it promises more privacy and other vital benefits. Data ...