Microbial fuel cells can convert wastewater pollutants into electricity, but their performance depends heavily on the anode materials that support microbial biofilms and electron transfer. This review shows that biomass-derived carbons, nanostructured coatings, and hybrid anodes could improve power output and lower costs, but scale-up, durability, and real-wastewater performance remain major hurdles.
By Muhammad Osama
18 May 2026
Forge Nano, Inc., a leading U.S. based semiconductor equipment and advanced materials company pioneering Atomic Layer Deposition ("ALD") technology for artificial intelligence ("AI")-era chip manufacturing and defense battery applications, which has signed an agreement to merge with Archimedes Tech SPAC Partners II Co. ("Archimedes II"), today announced the delivery of its TEPHRA™ semiconductor wafer fabrication tool to a leading Fortune Global 500 communications infrastructure company for advanced photonics applications.
Rising demand for nickel could shift future supply toward tropical laterite mining, placing major pressure on areas critical for biodiversity conservation, carbon storage, and coastal marine ecosystems. The study shows that protecting priority conservation areas may increase supply risks, while deep-sea mining moratoria could unintentionally intensify terrestrial mining pressure.
By Dr. Noopur Jain
14 May 2026
A new SHIEG framework shows how geothermal reservoirs, renewable power, thermal storage, and intelligent control systems could work together to create cleaner, more reliable, and more resilient local energy networks.
By Akshatha Chandrashekar
14 May 2026
Using powerful X-rays and computer models, researchers at Argonne and the University of Chicago linked nanoscale particle motion to surprising flow behaviors in soft materials.
Jenike & Johanson, a global leader in bulk solids handling and processing, has been granted a patent for its Jen-Zero™ technology—an engineered solution designed to overcome one of the most persistent challenges in biofuels production: reliably feeding low-density biomass and municipal solid waste (MSW) feedstocks into high-pressure reactors.
The future of flash point testing has reached a new global milestone.
Glass bottles tossed in the trash are finding new life thanks to a collaboration between the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Vitriform3D, an advanced manufacturing company.
Researchers developed an electrochemical process that converts limestone and silica into calcium silicate hydrate at 60 °C and 1 bar, enabling belite-rich cement clinker to form at 650 °C rather than the conventional 1200 °C. Using waste cement as the calcium feedstock, the modeled process could reduce production-stage CO2 emissions to 20 kg per ton of cement, a 98% reduction compared with conventional cement production.
By Dr. Noopur Jain
12 May 2026
Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry is a surface analysis technique known for high sensitivity and excellent depth resolution in the analysis of solid materials.
Triply-twinned body-centred cubic lattices shift strut-scale deformation from bending to stretching, producing major gains in stiffness and strength across polymer and titanium metamaterials.
High-resolution synchrotron XCT revealed that lattice architecture governs global shear-band failure, while additive manufacturing defects mainly determine where local fractures begin.
By Akshatha Chandrashekar
11 May 2026
The Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has established the Enhanced Visibility and Event Response capability to help grid operators adapt to a rapidly evolving electricity system and thwart potential adversarial cyber and physical attacks on the grid.
Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory showed they can "write" ferroelectric regions into aluminum nitride by using a helium ion beam to create precise defects while keeping the crystal intact.
AIMPLAS, the Plastics Technology Centre, has been selected by the European Commission to lead the new HEFESTOS Hub, a European-funded initiative designed to support the transition away from Brominated Flame Retardants (BFRs) towards safer and more sustainable alternatives.
Master Bond EP64 is a two-component, vacuum-compatible epoxy system engineered for bonding, sealing, and coating applications.