A major geological discovery in Australia could change the game for the global supply of niobium, a rare and strategic metal essential for many modern technologies. This resource, one of the ...

Rare earth elements (REEs) are pivotal in many modern technologies, ranging from renewable energy systems to advanced electronics, owing to their unique optical, magnetic, and electronic properties.

With the ability to print metal structures with complex shapes and unique mechanical properties, metal additive manufacturing ...

The first metal thingamajig ever 3D printed in space has landed on Earth, where European Space Agency (ESA) scientists are now studying it. In a press release, the ESA announced that the object — a ...

A spacecraft has carefully approached and imaged a large hunk of metal orbiting Earth — a step in tackling humanity's mounting space junk woes. The delicate space mission, undertaken by the Japanese ...

Scientists have long thought Earth's inner core is like a huge solid metal ball. But an experiment revealed it may be a lot softer — more like butter, a lead scientist said. It could help explain why ...