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Advanced Techniques Illuminate Atomic Structure of α-Pu

Plutonium has captured the attention of scientists since its discovery in the early 1940s. This enigmatic element has an important role to play in emerging energy technologies like nuclear batteries and reactors, but it also has complicated electronic behavior that causes some intriguing effects.

23 Sep 2025

Solving Key Challenges for the Next-Generation of Batteries

A Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) research team has published two major studies addressing key challenges in battery technology.

23 Sep 2025

ABB’s New Gas Chromatograph Integrates Cybersecurity to Protect Industrial Systems

The GCP100 gas chromatograph sets a new standard with built-in cybersecurity, enhancing real-time analysis for the natural gas and petrochemical industries.

From ABB Measurement and Analytics Analytical Products 23 Sep 2025

Digital Twins Predict Moisture Transport in Building Materials

Combining experimental data with digital twins, this research optimizes moisture management in building materials for enhanced durability and efficiency.

By Muhammad Osama 23 Sep 2025

Nanosilica Filled, Dual Curable Adhesive Offers Rapid Fixturing with LED Light

Master Bond LED422DC90 is a one component, nanosilica filled dual cure adhesive system engineered for high-speed fixturing and bonding of opaque substrates.

From Master Bond Inc. 23 Sep 2025

Scienta Omicron Introduces Deepcore-X: Redefining What’s Possible with Lab-Based Hard X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

Scienta Omicron, a world leader in surface science and photoelectron spectroscopy instrumentation, today announces the launch of DeepCore-X, its newest flagship platform for advanced surface and bulk chemical analysis.

From Scienta Omicron 22 Sep 2025

Automated Platform Accelerates Optimization of Advanced Materials

A research team led by the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has built and successfully demonstrated an automated experimentation platform to optimize the fabrication of advanced materials.

22 Sep 2025

Breakthrough in Battery Technology: The First Hydride Ion Battery

A research team led by Prof. Ping Chen at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), reported in Nature on September 17 that they created a new core–shell hydride ion electrolyte and built the first rechargeable hydride ion prototype battery.

22 Sep 2025

New Muon Detector Improves Nuclear Fuel Monitoring

In a collaboration that demonstrates the power of innovation and teamwork, physicists and engineers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory created a mobile muon detector that is projected to improve spent nuclear fuel monitoring and tackle a critical challenge for quantum computing.

22 Sep 2025

Engineers Achieve Record-Breaking Performance in Zinc–Air Batteries

Monash engineers have unveiled a breakthrough catalyst that could supercharge next-generation batteries, offering more power, longer life and lower costs.

22 Sep 2025

PostProcess Technologies DEMI 4100 Automated Post-Processing Solution Streamlines SLA Customers' Workflow When Paired with Stratasys Neo800+ Printer

PostProcess Technologies, the leader in automated and intelligent post-printing solutions for additive manufacturing (AM), is highlighting the success of its DEMI 4100™ automated resin removal system when paired with the Stratasys Neo800+ stereolithography (SLA) 3D printer based on joint customer feedback.

From PostProcess Technologies 22 Sep 2025

MIT Professional Education Launches New Course on Applied Agentic AI for Organizational Transformation

MIT Professional Education announced today the launch of Applied Agentic AI for Organizational Transformation, a new eight-week online program, beginning September 30, 2025.

22 Sep 2025

Lithoz Cools Down Hydrogen Powertrains for Megawatt Class Aircraft with Aluminum Nitride Heat Exchangers as part of the EU-Funded TRIATHLON Project

As part of the TRIATHLON project consortium, Lithoz is developing and manufacturing a 3D-printed ceramic heat exchanger (HEX) made from Aluminum nitride (AIN) for hydrogen-electric propulsion systems for aircraft in the megawatt class.

22 Sep 2025

Citrine Informatics and Econic Technologies Announce Partnership to Accelerate Development of CO2‑Based Materials

Citrine Informatics, the leading provider of AI for materials and chemicals R&D, today announced a new partnership with Econic Technologies, a UK-based deep-tech company that is pioneering the use of captured carbon dioxide in the manufacture of polymers.

From Citrine Informatics 22 Sep 2025

New Metamaterial Revolutionizes Implantable Medical Devices

Researchers led by Yong Lin Kong of Rice University have created a soft yet powerful metamaterial that can be remotely manipulated to change its size and shape swiftly.

19 Sep 2025