Nanocrystalline alloys have excellent low-temperature mechanical strength but poor high-temperature resistance to creep — deformation due to continuous stress. An alloy has been made that overcomes this problem. See Letter p.378
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Cormier, J. Not so creepy under stress. Nature 537, 315–316 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/537315a
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