SteelX Solar Power, will commence offering lightweight, integrated solar roofing solutions to the North American market in partnership with Swedish developer and manufacturer of thin film solar cells and panels Midsummer.
Metrohm USA has launched OMNIS IC, an ion chromatography system that automates much of the manual preparation and routine monitoring involved in daily analysis.
This perspective paper examines whether asteroids could become future sources of rare earth elements, platinum group metals, and other strategic materials, while positioning the Moon as a nearer-term testbed for in-situ resource utilization technologies. The authors conclude that lunar processing is considerably more technologically mature than asteroid mining, which remains largely conceptual and will require major advances in autonomous processing, transport, governance, sustainability assessment, and techno-economic analysis.
By Muhammad Osama
2 Sep 2026
This collaboration delivers a user-friendly water testing solution, combining METTLER TOLEDO's spectrophotometer with MACHEREY-NAGEL's high-quality test kits.
Lithium Ark, the technology company pioneering a new approach to lithium refining, today announced that its proprietary process, now named Ark Loop, has been granted a European patent.
Researchers estimate that waste streams from Alberta’s Athabasca Oil Sands Region contain substantial quantities of titanium, zirconium, rare earth elements, vanadium, and nickel that could represent secondary critical mineral resources. However, complex mineralogy, stable metal-bearing compounds, environmental risks, and regulatory challenges mean economically viable recovery will require substantial technological development.
By Muhammad Osama
1 Sep 2026
Some of nature’s most important chemical reactions rely on the coupled movement of negatively and positively charged particles. These processes play central roles in photosynthesis, catalysis and biological energy conversion yet remain difficult to observe.
Case Western Reserve University will lead a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) project aimed at advancing the United States' ability to produce key rare-earth metals used in magnets that help power everything from military drones to electric vehicles.
It's challenging for scientists to monitor chemical processes at nuclear facilities in real time. In this study, scientists developed new techniques to analyze chemical solutions in complex environments.
Lithium-ion batteries power transportation and grid storage and enable our digital lives, but these ubiquitous batteries require frequent recharging and can fail over time.
Researchers developed a liquid metal-semiconductor valve that regulates current direction while remaining functional in flexible circuits stretched to approximately 1000% strain. The system also supports tunable switching, reconfigurable OR and AND logic, and wireless-energy-assisted logic operation under extreme deformation, providing a new approach to adaptive soft electronics.
By Muhammad Osama
31 Aug 2026
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced the Thermo Scientific™ EMPAD™ G2 detector, a new detector designed to help researchers see and understand materials in unprecedented detail.
This study reveals the potential of exhaled breath analysis using PTR-MS for non-invasive lung cancer screening, identifying key VOC patterns and biomarkers.
Master Bond EP55TCFL is a thermally conductive, electrically insulating epoxy system developed for bonding, sealing, coating, and small potting applications. It meets NASA low outgassing specifications and incorporates a filler with small particle sizes, enabling application in thin bond lines to minimize thermal resistance.
Researchers developed CoatingDet, a publicly available dataset containing 5,416 high-resolution images of wind turbine tower coatings captured under real manufacturing conditions, with annotations for critical defects and benign surface particles. Validation with YOLOv11n and RT-DETR showed the dataset can support reproducible deep learning-based inspection while highlighting the importance of lighting conditions and class imbalance for reliable deployment.
By Akshatha Chandrashekar
28 Aug 2026