Vol. 07 — Issue 26
Matter is being
rewritten, one lattice
at a time.
Lattice tracks the materials science stories that will define the next decade of energy, computing, and infrastructure — reported plainly, without the marketing gloss.
Latest dispatches
5 stories — updated weekly
Inside the race to make solid-state batteries boring
Composite electrolytes just cleared nail-penetration and thermal-shock tests without catching fire. The bigger story isn't the chemistry breakthrough — it's whether anyone can manufacture it at scale.
Read the story →Bridges that tell you they're cracking
Pairing self-healing polymers with embedded sensors could catch microdamage before it becomes a headline.
Read the story →The terahertz gap finally has a bridge
A nanoscale metasurface funnels stray radiation into detectable signal, closing a stubborn blind spot in the electromagnetic spectrum.
Read the story →The models that read the periodic table for a living
Graph networks and generative models are compressing centuries of trial-and-error into afternoons of computation.
Read the story →A country tries to turn lab notebooks into factories
The UK's first national materials strategy is a bet that advanced substrates and precision manufacturing can anchor a post-silicon semiconductor industry.
Read the story →Field notes
One dispatch a week. No press releases dressed up as news.
Lattice is an independent publication. We read the papers, call the labs, and skip the hype cycle.