Isaac Newton may have met his match. For centuries, engineers have relied on physical laws -- developed by Newton and others -- to understand the stresses and strains on the materials they work with.

Much of modern life is supported by advanced materials that power everything from smartphones to electric vehicles. As ...

Figure 1. Various methodologies are utilized in the simulation of materials and materials, such as quantum mechanical calculations at the nanometer (nm) level, classical mechanical force fields at the ...

Scientists have shed new light on the kinetics of hydrogen release, or dehydrogenation, from aluminum hydride, a material that is highly promising for energy storage. Their computer simulations also ...

WPI Research Center, International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectioncs(MANA), Inorganic Nanostructures Unit, Atomic Network Materials Group, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) The ...

Researchers developed a machine-learning technique that uses an image to estimate the stresses and strains acting on a material. The advance could accelerate engineers' design process by eliminating ...