Earlier in this series, we made the case for copper being “the metal that built technology.” Some readers took issue with that statement, noting correctly that meteoric iron and gold were worked long ...

Delivering Titanium with Better Than Wrought Elongation and Tensile Strength Exceeding Industry Standards, Desktop Metal Is the First Company to Commercialize Titanium for Bound Metal Production of ...

Metal 3D printing has long promised aerospace-grade parts at desktop scale, but titanium has stubbornly resisted that vision. A new approach called cold metal fusion is changing that equation, turning ...

A car made out of shape memory alloys could slide into a fender bender and then smooth itself back to showroom condition. Auto manufacturers do not use these "memory metals" because the materials are ...

tough enough to survive the extremes of space or the corrosive salts and pressures of the deep ocean with hardly a blemish. In fact, just about the only drawback with the material is its price tag.

Laichang Zhang receives funding from Australian Research Council through Discovery Projects. To mark the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements we’re taking a look at how ...

A good tire means a lot when the nearest roadside assistance is 34 million miles (55 million kilometers) away. For future rovers that will explore the surface of Mars, NASA scientists have created a ...

For decades, titanium has been essential to aerospace, defense, and medical manufacturing. It also plays a critical role in the chemical industry. Among the countries involved in this strategic sector ...