Researchers showed that recycled PET can be combined with 10 wt% waste cellulosic fibers to produce usable composites, provided processing conditions limit thermal degradation. Performance depended strongly on the PET feedstock, with the TiO2-containing grade showing the smallest losses in molecular weight, strength, and ductility.
By Dr. Noopur Jain
27 Oct 2026
The paper tests whether China’s conduct in the rare earth market meets an economic definition of market manipulation that requires prices to diverge from fundamental value through the price discovery mechanism. It finds that the conduct examined more closely fits industrial policy or market power, while price patterns are consistent with limit pricing, and the lack of an independent price benchmark prevents a definitive test for manipulation.
By Akshatha Chandrashekar
27 Oct 2026
Most people rarely consider the role transformers play in powering our homes until we hear the loud "bang" followed by widespread outages.
Researchers developed a method to grow multilayer graphene-like networks directly on nickel powder using sucrose and rapid thermal annealing, then consolidated the material by spark plasma sintering. Under selected processing conditions, the resulting nickel composites showed higher strength, hardness, and fracture elongation than pure nickel while retaining a well-bonded carbon network.
By Muhammad Osama
26 Oct 2026
Rigaku Corporation, a group company of Rigaku Holdings Corporation and a global solutions partner in X-ray analytical instrumentation, will introduce the DicifferX™ Microarea Edition at JASIS 2026.
Rigaku Corporation, a group company of Rigaku Holdings and a global solutions partner for X-ray analytical systems, has launched Qualana, a micro-XRF spectrometer capable of elemental analysis in areas as small as 20 µm.
For decades, the expansion of solar energy has been constrained by the physical limitations of its core technology. Traditional silicon solar panels are remarkably effective, but they are also heavy, rigid, and opaque.
Nature's game of hide and seek is entering the age of intelligent machines. A new article in National Science Review traces how animal camouflage, advanced materials and artificial intelligence are converging to reshape the contest between detecting an object and keeping it concealed.
Mouser Electronics, Inc., the authorized global distributor with the newest electronic components and industrial automation products, is showcasing the latest in industrial artificial intelligence and machine learning applications in its automation AI and ML resource center
Researchers at the National University of Singapore's College of Design and Engineering (CDE) have developed a fiber that functions as pixels and senses touch at the same time, integrating 54 of them into a sleeve to create the world's first touchscreen built into a garment.
TANAKA PRECIOUS METAL TECHNOLOGIES Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Koichiro Tanaka), a company engaged in the industrial precious metals business of TANAKA, announced that it will establish TANAKA MEP REFINERY SDN. BHD., a joint venture company that will engage in precious metal recycling and refining, with Malaysia-based resource recovery company MEP Enviro Technology Sdn. Bhd. (MEP).
The start of a new battery materials library could pave the way for future AI models to help scientists design sodium-ion batteries that charge faster, last longer and store more energy, according to new research from the University of Surrey.
The VERSO project, led by AIMPLAS, the Plastics Technology Centre, promotes digitalization and the circular economy in the packaging sector through the application of the Digital Product Passport (DPP) and the validation of reuse systems.
Researchers used ultrasound-assisted carbonation to control water confinement in fresh cement paste, producing a highly refined pore network with 96.8% of pores below 200 nm. The resulting paste combined high specific compressive strength, greater high-frequency sound transmission loss, strong strength retention after water saturation, and cumulative CO2 uptake of 7.11% of cement mass after 28 days.
By Akshatha Chandrashekar
22 Oct 2026
The start of a new battery materials library could pave the way for future AI models to help scientists design sodium-ion batteries that charge faster, last longer and store more energy, according to new research from the University of Surrey.