RICHLAND, Wash. -- Magnesium -- the lightest of all structural metals -- has a lot going for it in the quest to make ever lighter cars and trucks that go farther on a tank of fuel or battery charge.

CU Boulder engineers have revamped a World War II-era process for making magnesium that requires half the energy and produces a fraction of the pollution compared to today’s leading methods. The ...

DETROIT (Reuters) - Engineers and scientists at General Motors Co believe they are making major strides toward lighter vehicles by developing a way to expand the use of magnesium in auto parts. Making ...

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Professor Al Weimer has been awarded a three-year, $3.6 million grant from the Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop a new ...