New process could make wood as strong as titanium alloys but lighter and cheaper Engineers at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) have found a way to make wood more than... Read more
Graphene and metal nitrides improve the performance and stability of energy storage devices Supercapacitors can be charged and discharged tens of thousands of times, but their rela... Read more
A little nickel does it. A LOT of tosh is talked about “nanotechnology”, much of it designed to separate unwary investors from their hard-earned cash. This does not mean, though, t... Read more
Doctors and scientists in Southampton have completed their first hip surgery with a 3D printed implant and bone stem cell graft. The 3D printed hip, made from titanium, was designe... Read more
They successfully tested a new series of reactions for isolating titanium that halves the temperature requirements of the conventional method and consumes 60 percent less energy A... Read more
Essential metal for planes, rockets, missiles and more A Case Western Reserve University proposal for a low-cost, energy-efficient method to extract the strategic metal titanium fr... Read more
A brighter, better, longer-lasting dental implant may soon be on its way to your dentist’s office. Dental implants are posts, usually made of titanium, that are surgically pl... Read more
The usages for the material are not confined to seawater desalination There are vast quantities of seawater available; drinking water, on the other hand, is in scarce supply. Desal... Read more
Cambridge University spin-out Metalysis has revealed a breakthrough ‘sand to metal’ conversion process from its UK technology flagship. The company has developed a production proce... Read more
Technique could be a preferred substitute for replacing missing or damaged bones with titanium, donated bones or those harvested from elsewhere in a patient’s body Bones ofte... Read more
Back in June, those brainy folks over at Germany’s Fraunhofer research group announced the development of Resobone, a material designed to replace the titanium plates used to patch... Read more
