Materialism: A Materials Science Podcast
Mar 6, 2026 · 40 min · 23 segments
Many digital models use hard boundaries to simulate how materials change, but the real world is rarely that clean. Phase field modeling takes a more natural approach, capturing the gradual, messy…
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Sign up to unlockI would like to describe a field in which little has been done, but in which an enormous amount can be done.
This field is not quite the same as the others, in that it will tell us little of fundamental physics, but it will tell us much about the strange phenomena that occur just below our perception.
In contrast to the natural philosophers of the past, the scientists of this field delve into the recesses of nature and show how she works in her hiding places.
Their quest is to understand and create the imperceptible.
After all, there is plenty of room at the bottom.
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“Here’s where modeling gets absurdly extreme”
“A memorable truth about modeling limits”
“Why this method bridges critical scales”
“Popular software powering these simulations”
“Inside a high-stakes nuclear challenge”
“An easy way to picture the physics”
“Origins of the core equations explained”
“How researchers are making it faster”