This new metal printing method keeps tungsten carbide insanely hard while cutting waste and skipping extreme heat cycles ...

For decades, one of fusion energy’s hardest problems has been keeping superheated plasma from blasting holes in reactor walls. A United States team working on the DIII-D tokamak now reports using ...

The university's team reports that their approach centers on controlled "softening" of the material rather than complete melting. The process, known as hot-wire laser irradiation, reshapes ...