Sheets of metal just two atoms thick can be produced by squashing molten droplets at great pressure between two sapphires. The researchers who developed the process say the unusual materials could ...

Boston Metal has pioneered a process known as molten oxide electrolysis (MOE). This method of producing the metal involves combining iron ore with an electrolyte in a reactor and then using ...

When the steel industry rapidly expanded in the 1990s in China, the fashionable research topic was working out how to remove impurities from molten steel. Zhai, instead, turned his attention to ...