LIVERMORE, Calif. – Researchers have found a new tool to explore materials at extreme conditions. By combining very large-scale molecular dynamics simulations with time-resolved data from laser ...

Researchers investigated the effects of grain size and temperature on the deformation of commercially pure titanium at extremely low temperatures. Titanium (Ti), often hailed as the wonder metal for ...

Metal alloys crack and fail through a mechanism called "fatigue" when repeatedly loaded and strained. While it is well known how to design alloys to withstand static loads and pressures, it is very ...

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 ...