and many materials need to cross borders,” she says. It may be golden times for electronic materials suppliers, but with so many shadows looming, they might not last for long.

In an interesting example of hiding in plain sight, China has developed a new device that enables cruise missiles to "pretend" to be large aircraft, like jetliners, to penetrate air defense systems.

To make GOLDEN, Linköping University created a material that sandwiched a monolayer of silicon between layers of titanium carbide. When gold was added on top of this layered structure ...

It remains to be seen whether and how soon the new material will be integrated into Chinese weapons platforms. Trump has said the Golden Dome will be "fully operational" by the end of his second ...