WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University engineers have developed a new aluminum-rich alloy that produces hydrogen by splitting water and is economically competitive with conventional fuels for ...

Combining gallium and indium, Dr. Michael Dickey, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at NC State, has created a material that he is testing for an antenna that self-heals ...

As engineers attempt to integrate electronics into things like clothing and medical devices, they’re increasingly running up against the material properties of the substances we use to make the ...

MIT engineers Aly Kombargi (left) and Niko Tsakiris (right) work on a new hydrogen reactor, designed to produce hydrogen gas by mixing aluminum pellets with seawater. A sustainable source for clean ...

Ask people what comes to mind when they hear the term “liquid metal,” and many of them say mercury—or they recall a particular shape-shifting villain from the “Terminator” movies. Not so for Michael D ...

SAGUENAY, Canada--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rio Tinto and its new partner Indium Corporation have successfully extracted the first primary gallium as part of a research and development project, which ...

There has been a minor media frenzy over some very good scientific work at Northeastern University. Researchers discovered that you can put well-spaced silver nanowires on two surfaces you want to ...