The first batch of the latest tungsten alloy armor piercing bullets equipped T-90M tanks came into service at the Russian Army in April, according to the Russian Satellite News Agency reported on April 13.

Unusual lithium lines and strong heavy elements are included in the spectrum of Thorne–Żytkow object, the rarest planet in the universe. According to news from foreign media on April 15. Seventy percent of the stars in the universe are red dwarf stars. The red dwarfs make up the largest population of stars in the galaxy, but they hide in the shadows, too dim to be seen with the naked eye from Earth. Their limited radiance helps to extend their lifetimes, which are far greater than that of the sun. In addition, the existence of some stars is beyond the scope of scientists.

A research team led by Zhancheng Guo achievements high-temperature phase equilibrium of rare earth slag. Recently, the American Ceramic Society (ACerS) awards the “Thermodynamics and crystallization kinetics of REEs in CaO–SiO₂–Ce₂O₃ system” of the ACerS Spriggs Phase Equilibria Award. The study was carried out by a team led by Prof. Guo at the State Key Laboratory of New Technologies for Iron and Steel Metallurgy.

Per the report of a German Media report, China is about to cut its exports of tungsten, rare earth, and other vital materials. "After the food supply issues, industrial raw materials are also facing a shortage!" Focus, a German-language news magazine published by Hubert Burda Media Germany, said on April 9 that a report released by the German Raw Materials Administration that China, as an important supplier of industrial raw materials in the world, is changing its strategy and preparing for large-scale reduce of raw material exports.

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

The tungsten price in China continued to be in the downward trend in the week ended on Friday April 10, 2020 due to sluggish demand both at home and abroad, capital shortage of enterprises, cautious sentiment of insiders and low trading activity. 

Rare earth market quotation in China: the latest prices of terbium oxide, neodymium oxide and praseodymium neodymium oxide continued to decline in the week began on Monday April 13, 2020 in wake of low trading activity. 

The ferro molybdenum price declined slightly while molybdenum concentrate price edged higher in China. The unstable international geopolitical situation has brought great uncertainty to the market, and the trading atmosphere at the sport market is good at present. 

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

Ganzhou Tungsten Association (GTA) and some major tungsten companies in China have not offered forecast prices for tungsten concentrates and ammonium paratungstate (APT) for April due to a lack of liquidity in the market. 

Tiny tungsten particles or gold particles coated with DNA could help genetic material get through the cell membrane, and the emerging genetic tool is expected to unlock the secrets of ocean microbes. Fifty percent of the world's oxygen comes from ocean microbes. However, these tiny marine organisms remain largely a mystery in the scientific community. A study published in Nature Methods on April 6 said that with the efforts of more than 100 researchers worldwide, scientists have found a way to unveil the genomes of a handful of these organisms through genetically engineering their DNA.

The M1028 is a 120mm shotgun shell for the M1 tank. The shell holds 1100 10mm tungsten balls. They are lethal up to 700m (765 yards). The M1028 Canister Cartridge was developed for close-in defense of tanks against massed assaulting infantry attack and to break up infantry concentrations, between a range of 200-500 meters, by discharging large numbers of tungsten balls from the main cannon.