“It is about 3-4 times harder than most steels,” said Emilia Morosan, the lead scientist on a new study in Science Advances that describes the properties of a 3-to-1 mixture of titanium and gold with ...

Titanium is the leading material for artificial knee and hip joints because it's strong, wear-resistant and nontoxic, but an unexpected discovery by physicists shows that the gold standard for ...

A chance discovery in a physics lab at Rice University has turned up an ultra-hard material that could usurp the titanium commonly used in today's knee and hip replacements. Scientists have found that ...

The growth of many industries in the early 1960s, particularly aviation and astronautics, required the development of novel materials. During this time, titanium and titanium alloys also gained ...

Titanium is strong and light, with the highest strength-to-weight ratio of any metal. But giving it a good balance of strength and ductility is difficult and expensive. That’s why titanium is used ...

Titanium (Ti) is the tenth most prevalent metal in the Earth's crust. Although minor quantities of titanium are present in practically every rock, it is seldom found in considerable concentrations. It ...

Scientists have devised a new metal alloy, made by mixing titanium and gold, that could lead to a revolution in how prosthetics are designed. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign ...

A dash of oxygen can bring superstrong titanium to its knees. And now scientists know the root of oxygen’s destructive power. Lodged in a chunk of titanium, a single oxygen atom spurs extra defects in ...

Titanium is the leading material for artificial knee and hip joints because it's strong, wear-resistant and nontoxic, but an unexpected discovery by Rice University physicists shows that the gold ...