Quasicrystals, once considered impossible, were found in a 3D-printed aluminum alloy – and they make it stronger. This could change how we design aircraft and car components. Researchers at NIST ...

Researchers have determined that the strength of 3D-printed aluminum-zirconium alloys may be due to quasicrystals in the metal's structure. Quasicrystals were the subject of the 2011 Nobel Prize in ...

[SMM Weekly Survey on Aluminum Downstream] The operating rate of leading domestic aluminum downstream processing enterprises dropped back slightly by 0.8 percentage points WoW to 62.6%, ending an ...