Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have advanced our understanding of how metals deform under stress by challenging a decades-old theory about slip band formation. Their findings provide crucial insights into the mechanical behavior of cutting-edge materials used in energy systems, space missions, and nuclear technologies. In a recent study published in Nature Communications,...

Marine habitats are under severe stress, with 66 percent of coastal areas already degraded or altered. Among the most damaging activities are bottom-contact fisheries, which disturb nearly 5 million square kilometers of seafloor annually through widespread trawling. Other pressures, including marine litter and chemical pollutants, continue to disrupt essential ecosystem functions and threaten...