This is a mockup of the winning cover art, shown here using the September shell.

 Entry 1: Nanotechnology enabled design of a structural material with extreme strength as well as thermal and electrical properties 

Entry 2: Nanocrystalline Cu-Ta alloy exhibits yield strength of over 1 GPa along with exceptional thermal and electrical conductivities 

Entry 3: The material demonstrates the lowest reported strain rate sensitivity at 80% of the melting point 

Entry 4: A truly stable nanocrystalline material combines high strength and high conductivity 

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