Titanium discovery cuts costs in half

A “ground-breaking” method for producing titanium, which could cut costs in half, has been developed by a British military research base. Scientists at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory in Porton Down have reduced the 40-stage process of creating the metal down to just two, the Ministry of Defence has said.

The Wiltshire base has also played a central role in the recent investigation into the Novichok nerve agent poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter.