Tungsten's a tough metal. It's super dense with a high melting point. That makes it perfect for drones. It’s used in parts needing strength under heat or stress. Think gyroscopes and rotors. These ...

But even a king needs someone to keep him in check, and while steel can be used to make tools hard enough to cut itself, there’s something even better for the job: tungsten, or more specifically ...

Plasma discharge in the ASDEX Upgrade fusion device. The plasma edge is guided to the tungsten divertor plates at the bottom. (Photographic resolution limited by performance of the CCD camera used.) ...

Tungsten supply has suddenly become a critical thing in Europe and the US thanks to Chinese export bans and rising defence spending.

China has recently imposed export controls on items related to tungsten, tellurium, bismuth, molybdenum, and indium, as ...

Scientists at Russia’s MISIS and JSC NIIEFA have successfully created a new composite material for use in nuclear fusion reactors. This innovative material, which is a combination of tungsten ...