John A. Chopoorian, PhD., 94, of Rehoboth, MA and formerly of Portsmouth RI, passed away peacefully Monday, September 7, 2026 at home surrounded by his loving family. Jack was born in 1932 in ...

A new 3D printing technique can produce exceptionally hard tungsten carbide cobalt while using less of its expensive raw materials. By softening rather than fully melting the material, researchers ...

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I’ve been spelunking (crawling through underground caves) a couple of times over the years, so I was really intrigued by the recent cave rescue of a Brooklyn man in Merlin’s Cave about 30 miles ...

Have your tooling costs been rising? If so, you are not alone. Why? Because one of the most important materials in modern machining has become multiple times more expensive. The material is tungsten ...

Multiple Chinese online platforms are openly selling tutorials on how to use AI to generate pornographic videos. For as little as 9.9 yuan ($1.4), users can purchase prompts to feed chatbots and ...

Claude code skills are an effective way to automate repetitive workflows, combining structured logic with adaptive AI-driven processes. As Jannis Moore explains, these skills are built around two core ...

Scientists have found a promising new way to manufacture one of industry’s toughest materials—tungsten carbide–cobalt—using advanced 3D printing. Normally, producing this ultra-hard material requires ...

Hard materials keep modern life moving, from drill bits to cutting tools. One of the toughest is tungsten carbide with cobalt, often shortened to WC–Co. It lasts a long time and resists wear, but ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image taken by a high-speed camera during molding with the rod‑leading method. (CREDIT: International Journal of Refractory Metals ...