Researchers have found that adding just the right amount of disorder to the structure of certain materials can make them more than twice as resistant to cracking.

The solar industry has lost one of its brightest minds and kindest souls. Frédéric Dross was more than a scientist, more than ...

Physics is the search for and application of rules that can help us understand and predict the world around us. Central to physics are ideas such as energy, mass, particles and waves. Physics ...

A study finds that adding controlled disorder to mechanical metamaterials more than doubles toughness, making them more crack ...

Cut open a bone and you'll see a subtly disordered structure. Tiny beams, called trabeculae, connect to one another in irregular patterns ...

Feb. 18, 2025 — It may be the smallest, shortest chorus dance ever recorded. An international team of researchers observed how electrons, excited by ultrafast light ...

Soon, a new age of quantum mechanics and nanoscale physics-based technologies will transform virtually every aspect of our lives, from computing and communication to renewable energy sources and ...

Condensed-matter physics is the study of substances in their solid state. This includes the investigation of both crystalline solids in which the atoms are positioned on a repeating three ...

Environmental & Civil Engineering at Queen’s concerns the planning, design, sustainability and management of our society’s infrastructure. It is a broad discipline taught by staff engaged in high ...