A new process for producing titanium—a metal that’s increasingly used in aircraft to reduce weight and fuel consumption—is significantly cheaper and less energy-intensive than conventional methods.

Although progress is often gradual and incremental, on occasion it is both rapid and transformational. More than 250 years ago, a new method for producing an expensive and niche material was developed ...

Titanium is often used where low weight and high strength are required and money is no object—because it’s extremely costly to produce. Now, a new manufacturing technique could reduce the expense, and ...

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 ...