David Gatlin found a way to get rid of ants nests and create beautiful art at the same time: he pours 1,400-degree molten aluminum into them. When the metal dries, it creates an intricate sculpture.

Boston Metal has pioneered a process known as molten oxide electrolysis (MOE). This method of producing the metal involves combining iron ore with an electrolyte in a reactor and then using ...

When the steel industry rapidly expanded in the 1990s in China, the fashionable research topic was working out how to remove impurities from molten steel. Zhai, instead, turned his attention to ...

Boston Metal’s approach instead uses electrolysis to convert iron ore into molten iron without directly producing any emissions. As a result, if the electricity used to drive the process comes from ...