New theory offers insights into the origin of the very low and negative thermal expansion observed in cordierite ...

Anisotropic materials play a critical role in today's manufacturing processes and other applications. Their unique ability to retain their shape under extreme thermal conditions has made these ...

Finding new angles on an old artform, McGill researchers have increased the number of stable shapes that kirigami-based ...

McGill University researchers have expanded the capabilities of kirigami-inspired metamaterials to achieve anisotropic ...

Cordierite, a remarkable mineral familiar to many as the material behind heat-resistant pizza stones, exhibits an unusual ...

"Examples of such materials include Pyrex, used for oven-safe dishes, and the glass-ceramic employed in cooking hobs." Unlike most materials, cordierite displays an unusual combination of thermal ...

Recently, a research team uncovered the propagation and toughening mechanism of tortuous crack front in bioinspired ...

Solar burst shortest time profiles, source sizes, and positions are determined mainly by propagation effects (mostly anisotropic scattering) and not by the intrinsic properties of the radio ...

Finding new angles on an old artform, McGill researchers have increased the number of stable shapes that kirigami-based engineered materials can take ...