Aluminum

A massive study of over 1.2 million children has found no link between aluminum-containing vaccines and 50 chronic childhood conditions, including autism, ADHD, asthma, and diabetes, delivering a reassuring message about vaccine safety.

Astronomers have discovered the cosmic equivalent of a parent crashing a teenagers’ party to make sure they have enough water. An aging star has been detected passing through a young star-forming region, delivering elements crucial for life to form.

Radioactive isotopes found in meteorites suggest a supernova went off right near the Sun as it was forming – but that should have blasted the young solar system away. So how did we survive? A new study proposes an explanation.

If there's one place where you don't want viruses or harmful bacteria to be present, it's in hospitals, where people are already vulnerable. A new process could help, by allowing aluminum surfaces in such buildings to kill the bugs.

​According to researchers at Queen's University Belfast, around 20,000 metric tons of aluminum foil is tossed away in the UK each year – enough to stretch to the Moon and back. This prompted chemistry researcher Ahmed Osman to look for new ways to put all that waste to use.

A process developed some 15 years ago by researchers at the University of Cambridge to recover the metals contained in the increasingly-popular plastic-aluminum laminate (PAL) packaging, is now being demonstrated in a full commercial-scale plant.

Scientists have long marveled at the squid's ability to sense the color of its surroundings, and then instantaneously change its own skin coloring in order to blend in. One of the latest studies has resulted in a color-changing display that could improve LCD technology.

Even though a mature pomelo fruit can weigh up to 2 kg, they remain intact after falling from heights of over 10 meters. The secret lies in the structure of their peel. Scientists have copied that structure, to produce a new type of aluminum composite that's stronger than straight aluminum.

Newly-developed metallic bubble wrap is reportedly lighter and stronger than regular sheet metal.

Using a technique that creates a new nanoscale architecture, researchers have created an aluminum alloy just as strong as steel but with reasonable plasticity to stretch and not break under stress.

Researchers at Purdue University have made important progress in developing finFET transistors that could one day take the place of traditional MOSFETs.