“We don’t need any energy input, and it bubbles hydrogen like crazy. I’ve never seen anything like it,” said UCSC Professor Scott Oliver, describing a new aluminum-gallium nanoparticle powder that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Environmental systems scientist at the University of Delaware. Gallium metal has the unusual property of melting at room ...

Gallium, indium, and germanium are critical for advanced semiconductors and electronics but cannot be mined from their own profitable ore bodies, as they are only found as byproducts of mining zinc, ...

China is restricting exports of two niche metals — germanium and gallium — that are key to manufacture electronics and semiconductors, as the tech battle with the U.S. and Europe heats up. Germanium ...