Material flaws: the tiny defects behind big failures
When a material fails, it can have devastating consequences – making bridges collapse or pipelines explode. In this issue, Tomas Martin and Stacy Moore from the University of Bristol, UK, describe how innovative and complementary microscopy and spectroscopy techniques can reveal the atomic-scale mechanisms behind how materials degrade. Also in this issue, find out which missions could follow the James Webb Space Telescope, while Mark Richards explains why he set up the UK’s first national network of Black physicists. Finally, check out how to make scientific conferences welcome for all.
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