Manveer Munde, Principal Consultant, reflects on his time working in hands-on materials testing in our latest blog. Looking at the powerful synergy between hands-on experimentation and computational modelling — where physical testing informs digital simulation, and high-performance computing pushes the boundaries of both.

Where did your career in HPC start?

Read more https://www.redoakconsulting.co.uk/blog/a-red-oak-consultants-journey-in-materials-characterisation/

Red Oak Consulting · Apr 21A Red Oak Consultants Journey in Materials Characterisation - Red Oak ConsultingMaterials Characterisation is the process of understanding the chemical and physical properties of materials. It has been crucial for ...

#HPC #MaterialsScience #STEM

**IT News** @itnewsbot@schleuss.online · Apr 18

Apr 18

IT News @itnewsbot@schleuss.online

D20-shaped Quasicrystal Makes High-Strength Alloy Printable - When is a crystal not a crystal? When it’s a quasi-crystal, a paradoxical form of ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/18/d20-shaped-quasicrystal-makes-high-strength-alloy-printable/ #materialsscience #crystallography #3dprintedmetal #quasicrystal #science

An electron microscope image of the aluminum alloy from the study.

Hackaday · Apr 18D20-shaped Quasicrystal Makes High-Strength Alloy PrintableWhen is a crystal not a crystal? When it’s a quasi-crystal, a paradoxical form of metal recently found in some 3D printed metal alloys by [A.D. Iams et al] at the American National Institute …

**FIZ ISE Research Group** @fizise@sigmoid.social · Apr 16

Apr 16

FIZ ISE Research Group @fizise@sigmoid.social

Last week, our team member Hossein Beygi Nasrabadi presented our work on BFO-based ontologies for materials science at the European Materials Modeling Council (EMMC) in Vienna. Joint work together with @joerg Kostya Hubaev @enorouzi @heikef and @lysander07

#ontologies #bfo #bfo2020 #materialsscience #NFDIMatWerk #NFDIrocks @KIT_Karlsruhe @fiz_karlsruhe #semanticweb #knowledgegraphs #pmdcore #mwo #nfdicore

Hossein presenting at the EMMC. He is pointing to the projected slide depicting the 27 NFDI consortia. The audience is watching.

**FIZ ISE Research Group** @fizise@sigmoid.social · Apr 15

Apr 15

FIZ ISE Research Group @fizise@sigmoid.social

The MatWerk ontology MWO 3.0 is based on BFO2020, IAO, and PMDcore 3.0. It serves as a domain-level ontology representing (research data) resources of the NFDI-MatWek consortium.

https://ise-fizkarlsruhe.github.io/mwo/docs/

#ontologies #materialsscience #NFDIMatWerk #NFDIrocks #bfo @enorouzi @joerg @heikef @lysander07 @fiz_karlsruhe #semweb #semanticweb

An overview over the main classes of the MatWerk Ontology, embedded in a class hierarchy under BFO2020 (top level ontologies) and NFDIcore & PMDcore (mid-level ontologies).

**FIZ ISE Research Group** @fizise@sigmoid.social · Apr 15 *

Apr 15 *

FIZ ISE Research Group @fizise@sigmoid.social

We are contributing to the design and implementation of the PMDcore ontology, focussed to represent the entire domain of materials science - as well as to MatWerk Ontology, which is based on NFDIcore ontology (also provided by our group) to represent research data from the NFDI-MatWerk consortium. All ontologies are BFO2020-compliant.

MWO 3.0: https://ise-fizkarlsruhe.github.io/mwo/docs/
PMDcore: https://materialdigital.github.io/core-ontology/3.0.0/docs/

#ontologies #semweb #semanticweb #materialsscience #bfo #AI @fiz_karlsruhe @enorouzi

ontology scope showing PMDcore ontology on the left and MatWerk Ontology on the right.

**FIZ ISE Research Group** @fizise@sigmoid.social · Apr 15

Apr 15

FIZ ISE Research Group @fizise@sigmoid.social

In our ISE seminar today our colleague Hossein Beygi Nasrabadi is presenting the current state of the #NFDIMatWerk ontology - MWO. In the beginning, he is introducing two large #materialsscience related projects on digitalisation and research data management: Platform Material Digital (PMD) and NFDI-MatWerk.

@fiz_karlsruhe #NFDIrocks #ontologies #semweb #semanticweb #knowledgegraphs #BFO #bfo2020 #seminar @enorouzi @joerg

slide showing group pictures of the PMD consortium (left) and the NFDI-MatWerk consortium (right) in which our ISE research group is involved by providing expertise on ontologies and knowledge graphs.

**FIZ ISE Research Group** @fizise@sigmoid.social · Apr 13

Apr 13

FIZ ISE Research Group @fizise@sigmoid.social

Last week, our colleagues @enorouzi Kostya Hubaiev, Hosseing Begyi Nasrabadi and @heikef were attending the NFDI-MatWerk All hands on deck (AHOD) project meeting in Siegburg.

https://nfdi-matwerk.de/

#nfdirocks #NFDIMatWerk @NFDI @fiz_karlsruhe @KIT_Karlsruhe @BAMResearch #materialsscience #rdm #reserarchdata #knowledgegraphs #ontologies @joerg

Participants of the NFDI-MatWerk All hands on Deck Meeting in Siegburg. The picture was taken from a balcony and the c. 40 participants are looking up to the photographer, waving their hands smiling.

**Geekoo** @geekoo@mastodon.social · Apr 5

Apr 5

Geekoo @geekoo@mastodon.social

Scientists achieve the impossible: merging two complex materials into a novel quantum structure, paving the way for quantum computing breakthroughs. #QuantumComputing #MaterialsScience #Innovation

https://geekoo.news/scientists-merge-two-impossible-materials-into-a-novel-quantum-structure/

GeekooScientists Merge Two 'Impossible' Materials into a Novel Quantum Structure | GeekooResearchers have successfully combined two complex materials, dysprosium titanate and pyrochlore iridate, into a unique quantum structure, potentially advancing quantum computing technologies.

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**Vigdis Olden** @Vigdisol@snabelen.no · Apr 4

Apr 4

Vigdis Olden @Vigdisol@snabelen.no

Og her er ei lenke til omtalen av prosjektmøtet på LinkedIn om dere hæler :) : https://www.linkedin.com/posts/vigdiso_the-hyline-ii-project-would-like-to-extend-activity-7313802543216705537-liC7?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAFLhVwBAGyTWfx0544io_DTtAYPQ7gKrtc #Hydrogen #MaterialsScience #Pipelines

www.linkedin.comThe HyLINE II project would like to extend our gratitude to Equinor for… | Vigdis OldenThe HyLINE II project would like to extend our gratitude to Equinor for hosting the fourth project and steering committee meeting at Rotvoll, outside Trondheim, this Tuesday and Wednesday. Welded joints in gas transport pipelines must always be meticulously evaluated with respect to structural integrity, particularly in the presence of pressurized hydrogen gas. This is the primary focus of the HyLINE II project, where we address various aspects of hydrogen and material interactions both experimentally and numerically. These include hydrogen diffusion and trapping, the influence of microstructural features on crack initiation and growth, fracture and fatigue properties, and the transferability between lab-scale and industrial applications. The meeting commenced with a visit to SINTEF's new national SMART-H test lab for mechanical testing under pressurized hydrogen gas, where we are currently performing fracture toughness testing. The project are very grateful to our Japanese research partner from Kyushu University, represented by Professor Hisao Matsunaga, and the collaborating Fukuoka University represented by Professor Junichiro Yamabe, for visiting Trondheim and presenting their recent research findings. Gassco AS TechnipFMC Shell TotalEnergies Tenaris Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet (NTNU) SINTEF Industri Norges forskningsråd

**Geekoo** @geekoo@mastodon.social · Mar 22

Mar 22

Geekoo @geekoo@mastodon.social

How AI cracked the code of dendritic growth—unlocking next-gen materials for ultra-fast communication. #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #MaterialsScience #NextGenTech

https://geekoo.news/ai-unlocks-the-mystery-behind-dendritic-growth-in-thin-films/

GeekooAI Unlocks the Mystery Behind Dendritic Growth in Thin Films | GeekooAI unlocks the secrets of dendritic growth, paving the way for ultra-fast electronics and materials beyond 5G. Read how science is reshaping our future.

**readbeanicecream** @readbeanicecream@mastodon.social · Mar 20

Mar 20

readbeanicecream @readbeanicecream@mastodon.social

Scientists Just Engineered Bacteria That Make Biodegradable Plastic

https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/scientists-just-engineered-bacteria-that-make-biodegradable-plastic/

ZME Science · Mar 20Scientists Just Engineered Bacteria That Make Biodegradable PlasticScientists have modified bacteria to produce biodegradable plastics from simple sugars.

#science #biology #microbiology

**Global Threads** @globalthreads@mastodon.social · Mar 18

Mar 18

Global Threads @globalthreads@mastodon.social

AI
OpenAI VP Liam Fedus Launches AI Startup

Fedus leaves OpenAI to build an AI-driven materials science startup.
OpenAI plans to invest in and partner with his new company.
Competitors include DeepMind’s Gnome and Microsoft’s MatterGen.

#AI #OpenAI #MaterialsScience