KALAMAZOO, Mich. — It has been around two weeks since Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana, leaving a source of destruction in its wake. In West Michigan, researchers are testing building ...

Strength, ductility and toughness are three very important, closely related material properties. The yield and ultimate strengths tell us how much stress a material can withstand, and are often used ...

In the world of metals, it has long been considered common knowledge that achieving both strength and ductility (the ability to stretch without breaking) at the same time is nearly impossible. When a ...