The melting point of metals usually goes up under pressure, but it may actually go down with about 300,000 times the pressure of Earth's atmosphere.

Exposure to cadmium could speed up cognitive impairment, but it's even worse for people with a gene key to Alzheimer's disease.

Soft robots and prosthetics could benefit from a new material that's conductive, lightweight, and heat-tolerant. Learn more in the video.

Researchers have created an unsinkable metal structure with inspiration from diving bell spiders and rafts of fire ants.

A super sturdy kind of metal foam outperforms aluminum in tests to determine its suitability for the leading edge of airplane wings.

Unstable metal organic frameworks could help deliver drugs that don't dissolve correctly, or at all, inside the body, researchers report.

The new technique uses light to activate a compound in iridium to kill cancer cells, even when they've got an advantageous lack of oxygen.

The density of the metallic asteroid Psyche has mystified scientists, but a new theory points to molton iron as an explanation.

A new water harvester can get pure drinking water from the air, even in some of the driest desert environments on the planet.

A better understanding of how catalytic converters break down could help pave the way for better versions that last longer and cost less to fix.