Fiber lasers aren’t nearly as common as their diode and CO2 cousins, but if you’re lucky enough to have one in your garage or local makerspace, this technique for depositing thin films of metals in ...

The wispy metal strip in my hands is 8 inches long, 1 inch wide, and as thin as aluminum foil. “Try to tear it,” says William Johnson, a materials science professor at Caltech in Pasadena. I ...

New York, Jan. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Market Overview: Metallic Glass Market size was USD 1.49 billion in 2019 and will grow at a CAGR of 8.4% from 2020 to 2026. Proliferating product ...

The 19th century was the age of steel; the 20th was the age of synthetic polymers and plastics, but the 21st century will be the age of glassy metals. High-grade steel making and the invention of ...

A metal alloy masquerading as a glass is the first material to be fabricated that is as strong and as tough as the toughest steel. The feat could eventually see such materials replace steel in ...

Aeroplane wings, golf clubs and engine parts made of glass alloys could be a step closer following new research into the chaotic structure of glass. Their findings appear in the latest edition of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Steel played a large role in the Industrial Revolution. Monty Rakusen/DigitalVision via Getty Images Many modern devices – from ...

Traditionally, welding has been limited to materials that share similar properties, so it's tough to make even aluminum and steel join forces. But now, scientists from Heriot-Watt University are ...

Brittle materials like glass break in a completely different way to metals. Whereas metals deform before breaking, glass fractures abruptly. However, physicists from the University of Montpellier and ...

Researchers in the US have developed a class of materials that have the potential to be tougher than the best titanium or steel alloys, ranking them among the toughest known. Bulk metallic glasses ...