Researchers have demonstrated how to create a super-strong aluminum alloy that rivals the strength of stainless steel, an advance with potential industrial applications. “Most lightweight aluminum ...

Macro worries surrounding Europe and global growth are obscuring what are really strong aluminum fundamentals, Klaus Kleinfeld, CEO of aluminum giant Alcoa, told CNBC’s “Closing Bell.” “We have an ...

Aluminum is nice and light, but as an easily crushable soft drink can shows, that comes at the cost of strength. By introducing faults into the metal's crystalline structure, researchers at Purdue ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... DALLAS — Alcoa Inc. is touting a breakthrough in aluminum manufacturing that it says will give the lightweight metal a better chance to replace steel in car ...

(Nanowerk News) Researchers have demonstrated how to create a super-strong aluminum alloy that rivals the strength of stainless steel, an advance with potential industrial applications. “Most ...

Engineers at MIT have taken a metal that usually trades strength for lightness and pushed it into an entirely new class, creating a 3D printable aluminum alloy that is reported to be roughly five ...

Imaging of nano-sized grains inside an aluminum alloy. Colored blobs show the grains: colored dots show clusters of zinc and magnesium atoms that strengthen the material. An aluminum alloy of ...

The best materials are, by and large, the most expensive: carbon fiber, diamond and scandium all have properties to lust for, but an eye-watering price tag to match. Now, material scientists have ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Researchers have demonstrated how to create a super-strong aluminum alloy that rivals the strength of stainless steel, an advance with potential industrial applications. “Most ...