Rare earth elements (REEs) are a group of 17 metallic elements essential in many modern technologies. Despite their name, they are not actually rare, but they are difficult to extract and refine. In ...

Palladium, a rare metallic element, can rapidly generate water from hydrogen and oxygen. Researchers witnessed this process at the nanoscale for the first time with an electron microscope. By viewing ...

Found in knee replacements and bone plates, aircraft components, and catalytic converters, the exceptionally strong metals known as multiple principal element alloys (MPEA) are about to get even ...

For the first time since the 1970s, researchers have made enough of the element einsteinium to experiment with it. Join Pop Mech Pro and get exclusive answers to your most pressing science questions, ...

Which Metal is the Lightest of All? The natural world is governed by density, which dictates whether something floats, sinks, or is heavy to lift. In the world of metals—those strong, shiny materials ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Liquid metals have long fascinated materials scientists due to their unique properties that bridge the gap between solid and liquid states of matter. These materials, which remain ...