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Elon Musk explains his decision to switch Starship from carbon fiber to stainless steel, providing a detailed rationale.
University of Nottingham researchers developed a protein-based gel that promotes organized regrowth of tooth enamel, potentially revolutionizing cavity prevention and treatment of sensitive teeth, as published in Nature Communications.
A metallurgist critiques the feasibility of self-replicating space probes, highlighting material science challenges such as beneficiation in microgravity, reduction metallurgy without an industrial base, and the closure problem in spacecraft self-replication.
Researchers discovered that snail teeth are the strongest natural material, surpassing spider silk, with potential applications in materials science.
An opinion piece argues that AI and automation cannot solve resource inflation and declining ore grades, criticizing the belief that technology alone will create abundance without breakthroughs in material science.
This article points out a recurring typo in scientific literature where the compound Cr2Ge2Te6 (chromium germanium telluride) is incorrectly written as Cr2Gr2Te6, and discusses how such errors spread and could be amplified by AI systems.