By Kari Williamson
Shechtman is a professor of materials science at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel, a professor at Iowa State University, and a researcher at the US Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory.
Dan Chechtman has previously contributed to Metal Powder Report.
Splitting electron spins in magnetic material
Researchers have discovered a novel strategy for using an antiferromagnet to switch the magnetization in thin layers of a ferromagnet.
A novel platinum-gold alloy, 100 times more durable than high-strength steel, is believed to be the most wear-resistant metal in the world.