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14 Apr 2022: Minerals in Zurich, Switzerland, April 2022. Pyrite crystals. Pyrite is an iron sulphide FeS. 2. , belonging to the cubic crystal class,. point group symmetry m3. Kupfer is the German name for copper. Cobalt dolomite, from Congo in Africa. Quartz

7 Oct 2020: Fatigue cracked fuselage of Comet 2 jet aircraft. These images represent tests done on the fuselage of the Comet 2 jet aircraft subjected to fatigue loading via repeated cabin pressurisation. The Comet 2 had rounded windows. The fatigue cracks then

14 Feb 2020: Danyi Luo reports from China, getting married. Danyi Luo, a PT Group Member, is going to get married. Here is a picture of her with her fiancee, together with a couple of the Christmas dinner they had together. More pictures.

27 Nov 2022: Henrique Boschetti Preiria (University of Sao Paulo) visits Harry. H. K. D. H. Bhadeshia. Henrique Boschetti Preiria from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, visits Harry. He is at the final stages of his Ph.D., working on the flash butt welding of

14 Feb 2020: Jae Hoon Jang and Hee Young Kim celebrating Steels. #The book of steel, received by Jae Hoon Jang (Korea Institute for Materials Science) and Hee Young Kim. Both used to be at GIFT, POSTECH in South Korea.

17 Dec 2022: Snow, Saurabh, Sophie, Daniel and Harry. Pictures courtesy of Saurabh Kundu and Daniel Gaude Fugarolis. For about a week, a large amount of snow was followed by really cold weather with temperatures dipping to -5C. This made it impossible to cycle

10 Sep 2023: Atomium. Atomium is designed by AndrX Waterkeyn - each ball in the body-centred cubic arrangement is about 18 m in size. The "bonds" are made of steel. The whole structure is more than 100 m tall. The crystal structure is supposed to represent iron

8 Oct 2022: Various encounters. H. K. D. H. Bhadeshia. Happened to be walking on the Queen Mary University of London campus, saw this person in a knight's armour. I introduced myself as a Knight of the Realm, and we shared a picture together. His outfit was

18 Aug 2023: Harry's induction at Indian National Science Academy. Harry was elected a Fellow in 2018 but the opportunity for a formal induction into INSA arose during a visit to New Dehli. From left to right, Professor Ashutosh Sharma (President of INSA),

14 Feb 2020: Joo Hyun Ryu reports on the GIGA steel. Dr Joo Hyun Ryu, who graduated from GIFT POSTECH, following his research on hydrogen embrittlement of TRIP and TWIP steels, reports here on he development of "GIGA" steel, a strong steel product for the