Since day one, the iPhone has come in various shades of black. (If you're the kind of person who calls "Space Grey" black.) But now it comes in an even deeper, darker, richer shade of black. But Apple ...

What do those colorful iPod Nano cases have in common with sapphires? In both substances the color is not on the surface, but integrated in the structure of the material. As usually, [Bill Hammack] ...

Ti-24Nb-4Zr-8Sn (Ti2448), a new β-type Ti alloy, consists of nontoxic elements and exhibits a low uniaxial tensile elastic modulus of approximately 45 GPa for biomedical implant applications.

I developed a simple crystal growth process to obtain a single Ga crystal. The crystal orientation of a Ga plate could be controlled by a crystal growth process using a seed Ga crystal. By anodizing a ...

The lustrous patina that protects the backside of Apple’s new iPad Mini isn’t just some cheap shellac or sealant coat—it’s actually “grown” on the metal itself in an electrochemical process known as ...

Scientists from the Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) and the Nara Institute of Science and Technology have found a cost-effective way to make aluminum transparent through a process called ...