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Checking the Quality of Materials Just Got Easier With a New AI Tool

Manufacturing better batteries, faster electronics, and more effective pharmaceuticals depends on the discovery of new materials and the verification of their quality.

28 Oct 2025

AIMPLAS Revolutionizes Large-Format Additive Manufacturing with Sustainable Materials and Higher Quality, More Resistant Parts

Large-format additive manufacturing has established itself as a key technology in demanding industrial sectors such as automotive and urban design, thanks to its ability to manufacture large parts without assembly.

From AIMPLAS 10 Oct 2025

AIMPLAS Develops a Project to Reduce Odors in Cars with Contaminant-Free Recycled Material

Although many people find the ‘new car smell’ appealing, the reality is that this aroma comes from the release of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), a mixture of chemicals that can have harmful effects on both health and the environment.

From AIMPLAS 7 Oct 2025

Five-Metal High Entropy Material Sets New Benchmark for Heavy Duty Vehicle Fuel Cells

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered a new ecipe for catalysts that could dramatically improve the performance and durability of fuel-cell vehicles - especially trucks and other heavy-duty vehicles that demand extra power.

29 Sep 2025

Scientists Develop New Method to Create High-Entropy Alloys

Scientists have developed an efficient technique to create customized high-entropy alloys - exceptionally strong, resilient metals with wide-ranging potential. This advance could speed their use in aerospace, geothermal and nuclear energy, and next-generation catalysts, bringing futuristic materials closer to real-world applications.

25 Sep 2025

PNNL’s Breakthrough Enables Flexible Friction Stir Welding on Assembly Lines

A spinning tool plunges into two pieces of metal, rotating at a high rate of speed. As the tool begins to move, it softens and mixes the metal, creating a powerful weld—one that can securely join similar and dissimilar materials (particularly metals and alloys) without rivets, fasteners, or adhesive.

24 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

Real-Time Observation of Metal Microstructure Evolution During 3D Printing

Researchers use Argonne's APS to capture how the microstructure of metals evolves in real time during 3D printing. The findings could pave the way for advanced manufacturing of components for aerospace, defense and energy.

16 Sep 2025

New Technology for Processing Rare Earth Metals Licensed to Principal Mineral

Critical Materials Innovation (CMI) Hub researchers at Ames National Laboratory developed a new technology for processing rare earth metals that has now been licensed to Principal Mineral of Dallas, Texas.

15 Sep 2025

TANAKA PRECIOUS METAL TECHNOLOGIES Succeeds in Developing High-Performance Palladium Alloy Hydrogen Permeable Membrane Operable in the Low-Temperature Range of 300 degrees C

TANAKA PRECIOUS METAL TECHNOLOGIES Co., Ltd., a company engaged in the industrial precious metals business of TANAKA, announces the successful development of a palladium (Pd) alloy hydrogen permeable membrane operable in the low temperature range around 300 °C.

15 Sep 2025

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