Sometimes we need the look, feel, and weight of a metal part in a project, but not the metal itself. Maybe you’re going for that retro look. Maybe you’re restoring an old radio and you have one brass ...

An array of powder-metal parts. Powder metallurgy was practiced long before ancient artisans learned to melt and cast iron. Egyptians made iron tools using PM techniques back in 3,000 B.C. The ancient ...

Thrift stores are genuinely one of the best places to find solid copper, brass, and bronze pieces for pennies on the dollar, ...

The use of porous materials is a necessity for creating lightweight and efficient structures—a concept eloquently demonstrated by the simple corrugated cardboard box. Voids in a structure also create ...

The most radical innovation in metallurgy since the Bronze Age is hidden inside the shiny 1942 models rolling out of U.S. automakers’ plants this week. For perhaps 5,500 years man has started off with ...