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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
Study shows PFAS levels dropping in Great Lakes fish
Sara Balgooyen, liquid chromatography mass spectrometry manager, said the news coming out of her study is great for people who are catching fish in the Great Lakes, or who care about the health of the Great Lakes.
February 8, 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