Lots of cool research being done at EPFL MatSci!
Are you or do you know a smart, motivated Master student in a materials-adjacent area interested in doing a research project at EPFL? The @materials-epfl.bsky.social MX Fellowship applications open today sti.epfl.ch/smx/mx-fello.... Choose a lab, send your file, and spend up to six months at EPFL!
October 13, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Lots of cool research being done at EPFL MatSci!
CNTs are *bullshit* btw, because they're such a cheat for solving matsci problems that its unreal. Need something to be stronger? Add some CNTs! More conductive? CNTs! Better chemical properties? CNTs! Stabilize battery materials? CNTs!
If they weren't so expensive and such a pain to use...
If they weren't so expensive and such a pain to use...
October 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
CNTs are *bullshit* btw, because they're such a cheat for solving matsci problems that its unreal. Need something to be stronger? Add some CNTs! More conductive? CNTs! Better chemical properties? CNTs! Stabilize battery materials? CNTs!
If they weren't so expensive and such a pain to use...
If they weren't so expensive and such a pain to use...
Autonomous MatSci companies are coming up thick and fast. Not too long ago, it felt likely a lonely academic world in this space.
Happening too fast? Too late? Hard to tell…
Happening too fast? Too late? Hard to tell…
October 1, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Autonomous MatSci companies are coming up thick and fast. Not too long ago, it felt likely a lonely academic world in this space.
Happening too fast? Too late? Hard to tell…
Happening too fast? Too late? Hard to tell…
Tribology is where materials science meets engines, aerospace, nanotech & more. From reducing wear to designing friction-fighting coatings like DLC. If you're in MatSci, don't sleep on this field.
akshatjiwannotes.blogspot.com/2025/09/is-t...
akshatjiwannotes.blogspot.com/2025/09/is-t...
Is there a future for materials science student in tribology?
My comments on a reddit discussion https://www.reddit.com/r/materials/comments/1nmooy5/comment/nfg6vub/ Tribology is a very important subfie...
akshatjiwannotes.blogspot.com
September 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Tribology is where materials science meets engines, aerospace, nanotech & more. From reducing wear to designing friction-fighting coatings like DLC. If you're in MatSci, don't sleep on this field.
akshatjiwannotes.blogspot.com/2025/09/is-t...
akshatjiwannotes.blogspot.com/2025/09/is-t...
There are few things that are more satisfying than what's about to occur. @pennmatsci.bsky.social Matsci Makers Annual Make N' Break Workshop, which is just what it sounds like. Stop on by.
Wednesday, September 17, 5:00 - 7:00 pm
MSE Lab - LRSM Basement
Wednesday, September 17, 5:00 - 7:00 pm
MSE Lab - LRSM Basement
September 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
There are few things that are more satisfying than what's about to occur. @pennmatsci.bsky.social Matsci Makers Annual Make N' Break Workshop, which is just what it sounds like. Stop on by.
Wednesday, September 17, 5:00 - 7:00 pm
MSE Lab - LRSM Basement
Wednesday, September 17, 5:00 - 7:00 pm
MSE Lab - LRSM Basement
August 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
ARPA-E opens $60m in funding opportunities for novel magnet materials, rare-earth element analysis. An exclusive to @cenmag.bsky.social
cen.acs.org/energy/ARPA-... #youHeardItHereFirst #chemistry #magnet #rareEarths #analytical #matsci
cen.acs.org/energy/ARPA-... #youHeardItHereFirst #chemistry #magnet #rareEarths #analytical #matsci
ARPA-E offers funding for magnetic materials and rare-mineral recovery
US Department of Energy offers $60 million for drilling and analytical technologies, materials science
cen.acs.org
August 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
ARPA-E opens $60m in funding opportunities for novel magnet materials, rare-earth element analysis. An exclusive to @cenmag.bsky.social
cen.acs.org/energy/ARPA-... #youHeardItHereFirst #chemistry #magnet #rareEarths #analytical #matsci
cen.acs.org/energy/ARPA-... #youHeardItHereFirst #chemistry #magnet #rareEarths #analytical #matsci
The period between the initial lost contact and the coast guard finding the wreckage broke into two camps:
1. Professional news orgs speculating wildly about what happened and their condition
2. People like me with a MatSci background going "holy fuck, a carbon fiber sub? They're all so dead"
1. Professional news orgs speculating wildly about what happened and their condition
2. People like me with a MatSci background going "holy fuck, a carbon fiber sub? They're all so dead"
The submersible implosion that killed five aboard a Titanic dive was “preventable,” the U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday.
The investigation blames OceanGate for ignoring protocols, using “intimidation tactics” and exploiting regulatory loopholes.
The investigation blames OceanGate for ignoring protocols, using “intimidation tactics” and exploiting regulatory loopholes.
Titan submersible disaster was ‘preventable’ tragedy, Coast Guard says
The Titan submersible maker’s “intimidation tactics” and failure to follow established safety practices led to the disaster that killed five, a federal investigation finds.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The period between the initial lost contact and the coast guard finding the wreckage broke into two camps:
1. Professional news orgs speculating wildly about what happened and their condition
2. People like me with a MatSci background going "holy fuck, a carbon fiber sub? They're all so dead"
1. Professional news orgs speculating wildly about what happened and their condition
2. People like me with a MatSci background going "holy fuck, a carbon fiber sub? They're all so dead"
Biological materials have smart ways to generate, store, amplify & release elastic energy (for different functions).
Shahrouz Amini & co. explore how nature uses these “elastic energy batteries” — and how they inspire #materialsscience & engineering.
#MatSci #ChemSky
tinyurl.com/3nrjxcpj
Biological materials have smart ways to generate, store, amplify & release elastic energy (for different functions).
Shahrouz Amini & co. explore how nature uses these “elastic energy batteries” — and how they inspire #materialsscience & engineering.
#MatSci #ChemSky
tinyurl.com/3nrjxcpj
Elastic Energy Storage in Biological Materials: Internal Stresses and Their Functionality
Harnessing and storing internally generated elastic energy is a clever strategy by biological materials to perform functions like shape transformation, movement, and predation. This review explores h...
tinyurl.com
August 1, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Biological materials have smart ways to generate, store, amplify & release elastic energy (for different functions).
Shahrouz Amini & co. explore how nature uses these “elastic energy batteries” — and how they inspire #materialsscience & engineering.
#MatSci #ChemSky
tinyurl.com/3nrjxcpj
Biological materials have smart ways to generate, store, amplify & release elastic energy (for different functions).
Shahrouz Amini & co. explore how nature uses these “elastic energy batteries” — and how they inspire #materialsscience & engineering.
#MatSci #ChemSky
tinyurl.com/3nrjxcpj
Still time to submit your research until 31 July 2025 for the Emerging Inorganic Materials for Solar Harvesting themed collection guest edited by Lydia Helena Wong, Robert Hoye, Yun Jeong Hwang, Yanwei Lum and Frank Osterloh
Find out more: blogs.rsc.org/jm/2025/03/0... #matsci
Find out more: blogs.rsc.org/jm/2025/03/0... #matsci
July 23, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Still time to submit your research until 31 July 2025 for the Emerging Inorganic Materials for Solar Harvesting themed collection guest edited by Lydia Helena Wong, Robert Hoye, Yun Jeong Hwang, Yanwei Lum and Frank Osterloh
Find out more: blogs.rsc.org/jm/2025/03/0... #matsci
Find out more: blogs.rsc.org/jm/2025/03/0... #matsci
I don't think we acknowledge how universal "Flatland" by Edwin Abbott Abbott is. I referenced it in my dissertation because it works well in describing phase space for HEAs. Keon West also used it to describe intersectionality with racism and other social issues #flatland #matsci #keonwest
July 23, 2025 at 6:00 AM
We’re thrilled to host guest scientist Dr. Viktoriia Kamska, whose research on blue sharks' #structuralColor reveals their potential for dynamic color-change 🦈—and promises ripple effects far beyond the world of sharks.
#ChemSky #MatSci
phys.org/news/2025-07...
#ChemSky #MatSci
phys.org/news/2025-07...
Novel nanostructures in blue sharks reveal their remarkable potential for dynamic color-change
New research into the anatomy of blue sharks (Prionace glauca) reveals a unique nanostructure in their skin that produces their iconic blue coloration, but intriguingly, also suggests a potential capa...
phys.org
July 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
We’re thrilled to host guest scientist Dr. Viktoriia Kamska, whose research on blue sharks' #structuralColor reveals their potential for dynamic color-change 🦈—and promises ripple effects far beyond the world of sharks.
#ChemSky #MatSci
phys.org/news/2025-07...
#ChemSky #MatSci
phys.org/news/2025-07...
Don’t know if you follow him on here but he has a book coming out soon about Manhattan Project. I also read a book about a year ago, Superheavy. Not WWII per se but is about developing elements beyond uranium starting with plutonium. My undergrads are ChemE & MatSci (then law school) so nerded out.
July 15, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Don’t know if you follow him on here but he has a book coming out soon about Manhattan Project. I also read a book about a year ago, Superheavy. Not WWII per se but is about developing elements beyond uranium starting with plutonium. My undergrads are ChemE & MatSci (then law school) so nerded out.
Key ingredients to the solution we developed (continued): a novel sequence representation for MOFs (called MOFSeq), and a pretraining-finetuning strategy for LLM-Prop. 4/4
Check it out! #MatSci #MOFs #LLMs #ML
@chemrxiv.bsky.social link: go.shr.lc/4kIQoWN
Check it out! #MatSci #MOFs #LLMs #ML
@chemrxiv.bsky.social link: go.shr.lc/4kIQoWN
Highly Accurate and Fast Prediction of MOF Free Energy Via Machine Learning
A major bottleneck in translating computational screening of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) to laboratory synthesis is the uncertain synthetic accessibility of computer-generated MOF designs. While M...
go.shr.lc
July 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Key ingredients to the solution we developed (continued): a novel sequence representation for MOFs (called MOFSeq), and a pretraining-finetuning strategy for LLM-Prop. 4/4
Check it out! #MatSci #MOFs #LLMs #ML
@chemrxiv.bsky.social link: go.shr.lc/4kIQoWN
Check it out! #MatSci #MOFs #LLMs #ML
@chemrxiv.bsky.social link: go.shr.lc/4kIQoWN
Basically, even in the 21st century, most materials science is still just brute-force empirical testing (a fancy term for "trial and error") - the models just tell us what to try first, lol
And Elon thinks Grok is making new matsci discoveries by... contemplating really hard, I guess
And Elon thinks Grok is making new matsci discoveries by... contemplating really hard, I guess
July 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Basically, even in the 21st century, most materials science is still just brute-force empirical testing (a fancy term for "trial and error") - the models just tell us what to try first, lol
And Elon thinks Grok is making new matsci discoveries by... contemplating really hard, I guess
And Elon thinks Grok is making new matsci discoveries by... contemplating really hard, I guess
The fuck does H. Elon Perot know about materials science? Sure Space Karen can repeat something he saw on the interwebs 5 minutes ago. I guarantee-fucking-tee you he cannot apply anything from intro MatSci to reality:
Packing density of FCC vs BCC materials
Inclusions
Concept of LEDs
Nucleation
Packing density of FCC vs BCC materials
Inclusions
Concept of LEDs
Nucleation
What do you think is more likely, that Musk’s Nazi robot has made new discoveries in materials science or that Musk can’t tell when he’s being told scientific-sounding gibberish?
July 11, 2025 at 4:18 AM
The fuck does H. Elon Perot know about materials science? Sure Space Karen can repeat something he saw on the interwebs 5 minutes ago. I guarantee-fucking-tee you he cannot apply anything from intro MatSci to reality:
Packing density of FCC vs BCC materials
Inclusions
Concept of LEDs
Nucleation
Packing density of FCC vs BCC materials
Inclusions
Concept of LEDs
Nucleation
Yeah this is 100% how matsci works, to the point it's common to prepare a dozen or so variations on the material simultaneously and test in batches because you expect most new materials to fail no matter what the models say
July 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Yeah this is 100% how matsci works, to the point it's common to prepare a dozen or so variations on the material simultaneously and test in batches because you expect most new materials to fail no matter what the models say
www.cydonis.co.uk/isotropy/
First version of my matsci sim is out now! 😎🆒👩🏻💻👩🏻🔬🔭🧪🔬💻
@threejs.org #threejs
First version of my matsci sim is out now! 😎🆒👩🏻💻👩🏻🔬🔭🧪🔬💻
@threejs.org #threejs
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July 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
www.cydonis.co.uk/isotropy/
First version of my matsci sim is out now! 😎🆒👩🏻💻👩🏻🔬🔭🧪🔬💻
@threejs.org #threejs
First version of my matsci sim is out now! 😎🆒👩🏻💻👩🏻🔬🔭🧪🔬💻
@threejs.org #threejs
Proud to support @ioviso.bsky.social — a new startup founded by experts in in-situ & in-operando materials #characterization.
Their services span from preliminary lab-scale testing, through custom cell & setup development, to advanced in-operando measurements at #synchrotrons
#matsci #chemsky
Their services span from preliminary lab-scale testing, through custom cell & setup development, to advanced in-operando measurements at #synchrotrons
#matsci #chemsky
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🔹 SAXS/WAXS, XRF
🔹 In-operando setups
🔹 Data analysis
🔹 Proposal support
Let’s make synchrotron science more accessible.
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#materials #SAXS #startup
July 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Proud to support @ioviso.bsky.social — a new startup founded by experts in in-situ & in-operando materials #characterization.
Their services span from preliminary lab-scale testing, through custom cell & setup development, to advanced in-operando measurements at #synchrotrons
#matsci #chemsky
Their services span from preliminary lab-scale testing, through custom cell & setup development, to advanced in-operando measurements at #synchrotrons
#matsci #chemsky
Shahrouz Amini and his team received the #WITec Paper #Award thanks to their 3D-RISM, which combines confocal #Raman microscopy and #nanoindentation to measure the elastic behaviour of materials under strain in real time & in 3D.
#chemsky #matsci
tinyurl.com/4skuchf4
➡️Paper: tinyurl.com/3hjxzzbk
#chemsky #matsci
tinyurl.com/4skuchf4
➡️Paper: tinyurl.com/3hjxzzbk
WITec Paper Award 2025 winners announced - Oxford Instruments
This year’s prizes reward scientists for their excellent work in material analysis, battery research and medical science.
tinyurl.com
July 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Shahrouz Amini and his team received the #WITec Paper #Award thanks to their 3D-RISM, which combines confocal #Raman microscopy and #nanoindentation to measure the elastic behaviour of materials under strain in real time & in 3D.
#chemsky #matsci
tinyurl.com/4skuchf4
➡️Paper: tinyurl.com/3hjxzzbk
#chemsky #matsci
tinyurl.com/4skuchf4
➡️Paper: tinyurl.com/3hjxzzbk
Can light control motion and group behavior?
@giannijacca.bsky.social shows how
#photonic tools influence both Janus #colloids and #microalgae, revealing new ways to study and guide active matter systems.
➡️Find out more about his research here:
www.giannijacucci.com
#ChemSky #Optics #MatSci
@giannijacca.bsky.social shows how
#photonic tools influence both Janus #colloids and #microalgae, revealing new ways to study and guide active matter systems.
➡️Find out more about his research here:
www.giannijacucci.com
#ChemSky #Optics #MatSci
June 23, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Can light control motion and group behavior?
@giannijacca.bsky.social shows how
#photonic tools influence both Janus #colloids and #microalgae, revealing new ways to study and guide active matter systems.
➡️Find out more about his research here:
www.giannijacucci.com
#ChemSky #Optics #MatSci
@giannijacca.bsky.social shows how
#photonic tools influence both Janus #colloids and #microalgae, revealing new ways to study and guide active matter systems.
➡️Find out more about his research here:
www.giannijacucci.com
#ChemSky #Optics #MatSci
Let's address the AI productivity hype with actual empirical estimates:
Microsoft estimates around 15%
AMD around 25% (within 5 years)
MatSci MIT study ~ 15% ⬆️ in patents.
Contrast to productivity boost due to electrification of US manufacturing: >400x or 40000% higher.
Microsoft estimates around 15%
AMD around 25% (within 5 years)
MatSci MIT study ~ 15% ⬆️ in patents.
Contrast to productivity boost due to electrification of US manufacturing: >400x or 40000% higher.
June 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Let's address the AI productivity hype with actual empirical estimates:
Microsoft estimates around 15%
AMD around 25% (within 5 years)
MatSci MIT study ~ 15% ⬆️ in patents.
Contrast to productivity boost due to electrification of US manufacturing: >400x or 40000% higher.
Microsoft estimates around 15%
AMD around 25% (within 5 years)
MatSci MIT study ~ 15% ⬆️ in patents.
Contrast to productivity boost due to electrification of US manufacturing: >400x or 40000% higher.
Register now for “Symbiotic Futures 2.0” on July 4, 2025 @Kunstgewerbemuseum #Berlin.
Expect interdisciplinary talks, a roundtable, hands-on workshops exploring #wood, wood-dwelling organisms, and wood's innovative, sustainable design potential.
#MatSci #Anthropology #Design
tinyurl.com/mwjcv9jr
Expect interdisciplinary talks, a roundtable, hands-on workshops exploring #wood, wood-dwelling organisms, and wood's innovative, sustainable design potential.
#MatSci #Anthropology #Design
tinyurl.com/mwjcv9jr
Symbiotic Futures 2.0 - Matters of Activity
Symbiotic Futures 2.0 // Interdisciplinary Symposium and Workshop at Kunstgewerbemuseum // 4.7.2025 // Kunstgewerbemuseum der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin // The symposium »Symbiotic Futures 2.0« is ...
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June 5, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Register now for “Symbiotic Futures 2.0” on July 4, 2025 @Kunstgewerbemuseum #Berlin.
Expect interdisciplinary talks, a roundtable, hands-on workshops exploring #wood, wood-dwelling organisms, and wood's innovative, sustainable design potential.
#MatSci #Anthropology #Design
tinyurl.com/mwjcv9jr
Expect interdisciplinary talks, a roundtable, hands-on workshops exploring #wood, wood-dwelling organisms, and wood's innovative, sustainable design potential.
#MatSci #Anthropology #Design
tinyurl.com/mwjcv9jr
Attention MatSci students—choose your fighter!
Cast iron: The sumo wrestler of pans—slow to heat, but once it's hot, it stays hot.
Carbon steel: The Olympic sprinter—fast, nimble and ready for action...
What material should your pan be made out of to get the perfect sear?
Cast iron: The sumo wrestler of pans—slow to heat, but once it's hot, it stays hot.
Carbon steel: The Olympic sprinter—fast, nimble and ready for action...
What material should your pan be made out of to get the perfect sear?
June 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Attention MatSci students—choose your fighter!
Cast iron: The sumo wrestler of pans—slow to heat, but once it's hot, it stays hot.
Carbon steel: The Olympic sprinter—fast, nimble and ready for action...
What material should your pan be made out of to get the perfect sear?
Cast iron: The sumo wrestler of pans—slow to heat, but once it's hot, it stays hot.
Carbon steel: The Olympic sprinter—fast, nimble and ready for action...
What material should your pan be made out of to get the perfect sear?
Alchemy is just an early version of material science. There are religious elements to alchemy because that was the understanding available at the time. Traditional views on sex are more akin to alchemy, with modern gender theory being akin to MatSci.
You're just completely backwards.
You're just completely backwards.
Transgenderism is alchemical transmutation (like lead into gold) and is a purely mystical metaphysical thing. I thought the zeitgeist moved past this with Trump 2.0 but I guess there's still some die hards out there. Retro!
June 3, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Alchemy is just an early version of material science. There are religious elements to alchemy because that was the understanding available at the time. Traditional views on sex are more akin to alchemy, with modern gender theory being akin to MatSci.
You're just completely backwards.
You're just completely backwards.