Computation and theory news, August 2015

Setting ground rules for nanoinformatics

Researchers from across the country have begun to design the framework on which to build the emerging field of nanoinformatics.

Recipients of the 2014 Acta Student Awards

A team of judges have completed the evaluation of nominees for the 2014 Acta Student Awards.

Discover new methods for Materials Science

Pure compound succumbs to magnetoresistance under pressure

Using high-pressure conditions, scientists have induced colossal magnetoresistance in a pure sample of lanthanum manganite.

Susan Sinnott appointed head of department

Bulk metallic glass could keep hearts beating

An unusual amorphous metal alloy known as a bulk metallic glass could increase the longevity of stents, which are used to to open up blocked arteries.

2015 Materials Today Cover Competition

Researchers find link between wettability and catalysis

A research team has found that catalysis and wetting, which had been considered unrelated, are in fact closely linked.

Lithium ions prefer defects to perfection

Researchers have confirmed that Li ions prefer to aggregate at and move along defects like twin boundaries in battery electrode materials.

Predicting a record-setting melting point

Researchers from Brown University have identified a material with a higher melting point than any known substance

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