Scientists are therefore always searching for materials that will not undergo significant expansion across a wide range of temperatures. “To date, the number of zero thermal expansion materials ...

This has driven a long-standing quest for materials with minimal or zero thermal expansion. For decades, Invar, a nickel-iron alloy, has been the gold standard for low thermal expansion. However, the ...

It therefore took around two and a half more months until the end of December 2024 to add 2 million more units of Sparking Zero to the 5 million tally.

Following that, further results from the Chinese experiments were published in the National Science Review, highlighting the impact of local chemical heterogeneity on achieving superior zero thermal ...

A research collaboration has created a pyrochlore magnet alloy with near-zero thermal expansion, outperforming Invar. This breakthrough, based on advanced computer simulations, stabilizes materials ...

More information: Yanming Sun et al, Local chemical heterogeneity enabled superior zero thermal expansion in nonstoichiometric pyrochlore magnets, National Science Review (2024). DOI: 10.1093/nsr ...

The Eiffel Tower, for example, is around 10 to 15 centimetres taller in summer than in winter due to its thermal expansion ... temperature expansion is almost exactly zero. The material could ...

London Mayor Sir Sadiq said he remains opposed to Heathrow expansion because of its impact ... which she said could become “Europe’s Silicon Valley” and add £78 billion to the UK’s ...

Ed Miliband has said any expansion of Heathrow airport or other aviation projects must fall within the UK’s carbon budget as he leads the push for net zero. The energy secretary, who has refused ...

Ed Miliband has said any expansion of Heathrow airport or other aviation projects must fall within the UK’s carbon budget as he leads the push for net zero. The energy secretary, who has refused to ...