1. Charting the future direction of the Society

   • Susan Trolier-McKinstry

   Opinion 10 January 2017 Pages: 5 - 6

2. Energy Focus: Automotive industry drives search for tunable thermal “switch” materials

   • Rachel Berkowitz

   News & Analysis 10 January 2017 Pages: 7 - 7

   

3. Nano Focus: Proton irradiation enhances critical features simultaneously in iron-based superconductors

   • Eva Karatairi

   News & Analysis 10 January 2017 Pages: 8 - 8

   

4. Ripplocation deformation mechanism describes buckling and kinking of bulk layered materials

   • Boris Dyatkin

   News & Analysis 10 January 2017 Pages: 9 - 9

   

5. Bio Focus: Twisting and coiling design of polymer fibers better mimics muscles

   • Kendra Redmond

   News & Analysis 10 January 2017 Pages: 10 - 10

   

6. Bio Focus: Brain-spine interface helps partially paralyzed monkeys walk again

   • Joseph Bennington-Castro

   News & Analysis 10 January 2017 Pages: 11 - 12

   

7. UK assesses impact of spending on academic research

   • Michael Kenward

   News & Analysis 10 January 2017 Pages: 13 - 14

   

8. BRICS Science, Technology and Innovation Partnership—building responsive, inclusive, collective solutions

   News & Analysis 10 January 2017 Pages: 14 - 14

9. Polycraft World teaches science through an endlessly expansive universe of virtual gaming

   • Tim Palucka

   Features 10 January 2017 Pages: 15 - 16

   

10. Material functionalities from molecular rigidity: Maxwell’s modern legacy

    • Matthieu Micoulaut
    • Yuanzheng Yue

    Material Functionalities from Molecular Rigidity 10 January 2017 Pages: 18 - 22

    

11. Glassy materials with enhanced thermal stability

    • P. Boolchand
    • B. Goodman

    Material Functionalities from Molecular Rigidity 10 January 2017 Pages: 23 - 28

    

12. Topological engineering of glasses using temperature-dependent constraints

    • Morten M. Smedskjaer
    • Christian Hermansen
    • Randall E. Youngman

    Material Functionalities from Molecular Rigidity 10 January 2017 Pages: 29 - 33

    

13. Topological engineering of doped photonic glasses

    • Shifeng Zhou
    • Jianrong Qiu

    Material Functionalities from Molecular Rigidity 10 January 2017 Pages: 34 - 38

    

14. Optimization of amorphous semiconductors and low-/high-k dielectrics through percolation and topological constraint theory

    • Michelle M. Paquette
    • Bradley J. Nordell
    • Sean W. King

    Material Functionalities from Molecular Rigidity 10 January 2017 Pages: 39 - 44

    

15. Phase-change materials and rigidity

    • Andrea Piarristeguy
    • Annie Pradel
    • Jean-Yves Raty

    Material Functionalities from Molecular Rigidity 10 January 2017 Pages: 45 - 49

    

16. Nanoengineering of concrete via topological constraint theory

    • Mathieu Bauchy

    Material Functionalities from Molecular Rigidity 10 January 2017 Pages: 50 - 54

    

17. Music and materials: Art and science of organ pipe metal

    • Catherine M. Oertel
    • Annette Richards

    Technical Feature 10 January 2017 Pages: 55 - 61

    

18. Trolier-McKinstry leads MRS Board of Directors for 2017

    Society News 10 January 2017 Pages: 62 - 65

    

19. Botchwey, Dubourdieu, Jia, Kennett, and Park to chair 2018 MRS Spring Meeting

    Society News 10 January 2017 Pages: 66 - 67

    

20. 2017 ESS Safety Forum to be held February 22–24 in the United States

    Society News 10 January 2017 Pages: 68 - 68

21. OP2017 to be held June 19–23 in Canada

    Society News 10 January 2017 Pages: 68 - 68

22. YUCOMAT 2017 to be held September 4–8 in Montenegro

    Society News 10 January 2017 Pages: 68 - 72

23. Timberclads, tinclads, and cottonclads in the US Civil War

    • Tim Palucka

    Features 10 January 2017 Pages: 73 - 73

    

24. Theory of Quantum Transport at Nanoscale: An Introduction Dmitry A. Ryndyk

    Features 10 January 2017 Pages: 74 - 75

25. Engineered Nanoparticles: Structure, Properties and Mechanisms of Toxicity Ashok K. Singh

    Features 10 January 2017 Pages: 75 - 75

26. Career Central

    News 10 January 2017 Pages: 76 - 78

27. Three decades of decadence

    Features 10 January 2017 Pages: 79 - 80