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 ...

Seeking ways to make military vehicles less vulnerable to blast damage, BAE Systems is looking to one of the toughest insects in nature – the frighteningly hard to kill ironclad beetle. The defense ...

As strong as steel and half the weight titanium is a metal which has never achieved its potential because it is at least 10-times the price. But that might be about to change with the dawning of the ...

Tokyo, Japan – Titanium is the ninth most abundant element in the Earth’s crust, yet products based on pure titanium are uncommon because it’s expensive to remove the oxygen from titanium ore.

A direct comparison of the physical, electrical, and thermal properties of pure titanium with those of other metals such as aluminum, nickel, magnesium, copper, and 304 stainless steel is illustrated ...