Researchers have developed high-performance nano-architected materials that have the strength of carbon steel but ...

Every engineered structure must balance strength against weight. Steel provides exceptional strength through its dense atomic structure but imposes a severe mass penalty. Aluminum reduces weight but ...

Reinforced concrete is the miracle material which made possible so many of the twentieth century’s most iconic structures ... made with carbon-reinforced concrete, in which the steel rebar ...

Cast iron contains high levels of carbon, which makes it ... new processes in steel production allowed steel to surpass iron as the most widely used structural metal. Its great strength and ...