Researchers argue that Digital Rock Physics could help the UK and Europe move from critical minerals targets to practical supply-chain implementation by linking 3D imaging, correlative chemistry, AI, and pore-scale modeling. The paper positions DRP as a shared infrastructure for assessing complex ores, brines, tailings, and recycling feedstocks, while stressing that validation, data standards, upscaling, and industrial access remain key barriers.
Researchers developed regenerated cellulose fibers inspired by cherry bark’s helical architecture, using microfluidic spinning to create a biaxially oriented structure with spider silk-like toughness. The fibers reached 553 MPa tensile strength, 41% fracture strain, and 184 MJ m?³ toughness, and could be woven into durable fabrics for future sustainable textiles and structural materials.
Researchers used pulsed sub-atomic layer deposition to control both composition and metal-atom distribution in Mo-W-S2 monolayers across the full MoS2-to-WS2 range. The study shows how engineered line structures and elongated islands can shift excitonic emission, pointing toward future quantum-dot and quantum-wire-like 2D materials.
Researchers at Ames National Laboratory are advancing the discovery of materials for rare-earth-free permanent magnets by combining fundamental physics with artificial intelligence.
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory are helping show what it means to design a material almost atom-by-atom.
Lead-free perovskite solar cells are emerging as lower-toxicity alternatives to lead-based devices, but they still face major barriers in efficiency, stability, defect control, and scalable fabrication.
This review shows how compositional engineering, crystallization control, passivation, and device architecture have enabled tin-based cells to reach 17.13% efficiency, while highlighting the durability trade-offs that still limit commercialization.
Catalysts help make modern life possible. They quietly drive the chemical reactions that produce fuels, fertilizers, plastics and many other industrial products. But developing a new commercial catalyst can take as long as two decades.
This study models how China’s graphite export adjustments could cascade through global trade networks and reshape the graphite global value chain. It finds that deep-processing graphite exports strengthen industrial competitiveness, while countries dependent on imported upstream graphite products remain vulnerable to supply shocks.
Hosokawa Micron Limited has expanded its contract development and manufacturing operations at Daresbury, increasing its cGMP-grade processing capacity from one suite to three.
Tescan announces the launch of Orage™ 2, a next-generation Ga+ FIB-SEM column integrated into the AMBER 2 platform for advanced materials science applications.
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