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

A bizarre "Rule of Four" has been identified in the basic structure of the majority of inorganic materials—and scientists are stumped as to why. The pattern is found in the so-called "unit cell" of ...

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. Cut open a bone and you'll see a ...