Andrew Iams saw something strange while looking through his electron microscope. He was examining a sliver of a new aluminum alloy at the atomic scale, searching for the key to its strength, when he ...

Quasicrystals, once considered impossible, were found in a 3D-printed aluminum alloy – and they make it stronger. This could ...

NIST researchers have found that non-repeating quasicrystals create defects in 3D printed aluminum that strengthen the metal.

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have discovered something surprising that could ...

There are only 230 possible ways for atoms to form repeating crystal patterns. Quasicrystals do not fit into any of them; their unique shape lets them form a pattern that fills the space, but never ...

A traditional crystal is any solid made of atoms or molecules ... One layer at a time, the laser melts the powder into a solid shape. 3D printing creates shapes that would be impossible with ...