A dash of oxygen can bring superstrong titanium to its knees. And now scientists know the root of oxygen’s destructive power. Lodged in a chunk of titanium, a single oxygen atom spurs extra defects in ...

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 ...

As strong as steel and half the weight titanium is a metal which has never achieved its potential because it is at least 10-times the price. But that might be about to change with the dawning of the ...