Astronomers have captured one of the most detailed views of a young star taken to date, and revealed an unexpected companion in orbit around it. While observing the young star, astronomers led by Dr John Ilee from the University of Leeds discovered it was not in fact one star, but two. The main object, referred…
A Bit of a Stretch…Material That Thickens as it’s Pulled
Scientists have discovered the first synthetic material that becomes thicker—at the molecular level—as it is stretched. Researchers led by Dr. Devesh Mistry from the University of Leeds discovered a new non-porous material that has unique and inherent “auxetic” stretching properties. Their findings are published today in Nature Communications. There are materials in nature that exhibit auxetic capabilities,…