The rare metals that go into clean technology are already in short supply. Without a way to get them out of our old electronics, we could run out before we know it.READ»
Jeff Koons isn’t the only artist with a penchant for inflating metal. Jeremy Thomas has taken a far less sensational tack, working quietly at a forge outside of Santa Fe, New Mexico, to build organic forms out of folded, blown-up ...READ»
Apple grabbed the exclusive rights this week for amorphous, non-crystalline metal alloys owned by Liquidmetal Technologies as part of what is presumably a plan to make even stronger, lighter electronic devices. But Apple doesn't own metal. READ»
This is one bizarre way to ride out the current economic lull: A treatment plant in Japan has been processing effluent to recover small quantities of gold contained in sewage. And in one year it's produced a higher yield than you ...READ»
