Although progress is often gradual and incremental, on occasion it is both rapid and transformational. More than 250 years ago, a new method for producing an expensive and niche material was developed ...

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 ...

IperionX’s commercial-scale HAMR titanium furnace has been delivered and successfully installed at the new Titanium Manufacturing Campus in Virginia The HAMR titanium furnace is similar in scale to a ...

From the sweeping roofs of Sensoji temple in Tokyo to the swooping forms of modern-day jet aircraft, titanium metal’s renowned high strength, low weight and high corrosion resistance are finding ...