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Geopolitical conflicts and global instability can disrupt metal supplies, impacting prices and availability. Challenges like obtaining Licenses to Operate, talent shortages, and evolving business ...
MIT researchers found that metals retain hidden atomic patterns once believed to vanish during manufacturing. These patterns arise from microscopic dislocations that guide atoms into preferred ...
ST. LOUIS, May 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- US Strategic Metals ("USSM") and Missouri University of Science and Technology ("Missouri S&T") have signed a contract for USSM to support Missouri S&T's ...
Scientists at Rice University and the University of Houston have created a powerful new material by guiding bacteria to grow cellulose in aligned patterns, resulting in sheets with the strength of ...
TOKYO, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Japan's JX Advanced Metals (5016.T), opens new tab said on Friday it would invest 7 billion yen ($47 million) to boost pre-treatment capacity as it aims to increase the ...
Many modern devices—from cellphones and computers to electric vehicles and wind turbines—rely on strong magnets made from types of minerals called rare earths. As the systems and infrastructure used ...
Shape-shifting liquid metal robots might not be limited to science fiction anymore. Miniature machines can switch from solid to liquid and back again to squeeze into tight spaces and perform tasks ...
A Xyloy alloy injection-molded part (left) provides the benefit of metal properties coupled with the ease of processing typically associated with plastic (right). Emphasizing that metal injection ...