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When teams reach the stage where functional metal parts are required, CNC machining often feels like an obvious next step.

Medical machines like MRI, CT, and PET imaging systems are produced with parts that have high accuracy, are harmless to the body, and protect biological tissue from EMF. To reach these traits, high ...

Engineers at MIT have taken a metal that usually trades strength for lightness and pushed it into an entirely new class, ...