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Scientists report progress in rare metals research aboard space station


XI'AN, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists have recently made a number of scientific discoveries related to high-performance refractory alloys, resulting from experiments conducted aboard China's orbiting space station, the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization revealed on Wednesday. Their research, led by a team from China's Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), is a substantial leap forward in the theoretical study of space materials science.

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