What’s become one of the most discussed trends in technology and manufacturing may sound more like something from a futuristic movie rather than something that is taking off in the here and now — 3-D ...

Scarce metals are found in a wide range of everyday objects around us. They are complicated to extract, difficult to recycle and so rare that several of them have become "conflict minerals" which can ...

v. 1. Properties and selection--irons and steels -- v. 2. Properties and selection--nonferrous alloys and pure metals -- v. 3. Properties and selection--stainless steels, tool materials, and special ...

An asteroid-mining company is giving the world a glimpse at its vision of the future. Planetary Resources, which aims to extract water and other useful materials from asteroids, has 3D-printed an ...