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A University of Houston engineer has developed a method to detect possible damage in concealed cold-formed steel construction framing materials hidden behind walls, without having to tear the walls ...

A tunnel collapse at a rebel-run coltan mine in eastern Congo is feared to have killed at least 200 people, officials said.

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AI models are designing new metal alloys that have been 3D-printed and tested in the lab. The results are then fed back into ...

A small copper tool found in a museum drawer is now confirmed as the oldest rotary metal drill in ancient Egypt, dating back 5,300 years.

IMDEA and UPM have developed deformable woven nitinol metamaterials that combine metal strength with textile flexibility.

You have just bought yourself a swanky new set of drawers. They are set up in your room, and now you are thinking about what to do with the old set. If they're in good condition, you could donate them ...

Industrial metals and oil joined the post-Warsh commodity slide, exacerbated by additional factors. Higher margin requirements and a dollar rebound helped halt the copper rally, while crude oil ...

Producers of metals and other raw materials fell as a precious-metals rally showed signs of peaking. Nucor recorded higher profit and sales in its fiscal fourth quarter, despite recording losses and ...

In 2025, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry honored Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M. Yaghi for pioneering a new way to build materials from metal nodes and organic linkers. 1 These crystalline ...

Producers of metals and other raw materials rose as precious metals tested psychologically significant milestones that were once unimaginable. Gold futures rose 1.4% to $4976.20 an ounce, within 3% of ...