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The defense department is infatuated with this drippy silver metal
Ian Lange, professor of economics and business, said the push by the U.S. and other countries to increase gallium production could create a glut of the metal causing the gallium market to crash.
February 9, 2026
Logistics left of boom: Understanding adversary threats to the defense industrial base ahead of conflict
Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Affairs, co-authored this opinion piece that noted a prominent 2023 wargame found that in a defense of Taiwan, the U.S. would likely exhaust its inventory of critical long-range precision ....
February 6, 2026
PFAS levels in Great Lakes fish are dropping, study finds
Sarah Balgooyen, liquid chromatography mass spectrometry manager, discusses her study that concluded PFAS levels peaked between 2007 and 2017 in all five of the Great Lakes.
February 6, 2026