UCLA doctoral student Yilin Wong left a sample out by mistake. It was a small chip made of germanium, topped with thin layers ...

UCLA doctoral student Yilin Wong noticed that some tiny dots had appeared on one of her samples, which had been accidentally ...

A lab mistake led to self-forming spiral patterns on metal surfaces, revealing chemical-mechanical interactions.

Hundreds of regular patterns spontaneously emerge on a small germanium chip. A curiosity about tiny dots on a germanium wafer ...

Britain's financial regulator fined the London Metal Exchange on Thursday for allowing nickel prices to surge out of control ...

Curiosity about a mistake that left tiny dots on a germanium wafer with evaporated metal films led to the discovery of ...

Miners and recyclers helped meet healthy copper demand last year, but price volatility seems poised to remain an issue.

A surge in lease rates for the precious metal has become the latest sign of alarm, with anxiety building over the impact of ...

Time to take a long hard look at non-metal constructs? We’re referring to PEKK, not PEEK. PEKK is antibacterial, a ...