Sourcing the component materials

Dr Susan Krumdieck from the University of Canterbury is helping to develop new materials for possible future hypersonic vehicles that travel 10 times the speed of...

Composite materials (composites) are made when two or more materials with different properties are combined to produce a new material. The physical and chemical properties of...

From titanium implants to new superconducting alloys to useful metal compounds, we are increasingly dependent on metals. Without metals, modern civilisation would literally collapse. About 80%...