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Liquid Metals Can Stretch Thousands of Percent. Printing Them Is the Hard Part

This review examines how the rheology, surface oxidation, and interfacial properties of liquid metals shape their printability and performance in stretchable electronics. The authors show how advances in material formulation and 2D-to-4D printing are enabling highly conductive, deformable devices, while identifying scalability, encapsulation, recyclability, and reliable integration as key barriers to practical use.

7 Sep 2026

Researchers Advance Domestic Rare-Earth Metals Production Using Breakthrough Technology

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.

1 Sep 2026

New Machine Learning Models Improve Real-Time Nuclear Chemical Monitoring

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.

31 Aug 2026

Oak Ridge National Laboratory Simplifies Advanced Energy Parts Using 3D Printing

In partnership with A.J. Tuck Company, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed a new manufacturing approach that could simplify production of critical components for advanced nuclear reactors and other energy and defense applications.

25 Aug 2026

SLAC Team Captures Ultrafast Copper Dynamics to Improve Fusion Reactor Modeling

Future fusion power plants aim to recreate the heart of a star here on Earth to power our future energy needs. While the core fusion plasma will burn at hundreds of millions of degrees, the surrounding structural components must handle sudden, punishing heat loads that rival the extreme temperatures faced by spacecraft upon reentry into Earth's atmosphere.

17 Aug 2026

New Nanoarchitectonics Material Creates Clean Hydrogen Peroxide Using Solar Energy

A research team led by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have developed a new material that combines inorganic material with biological components to produce hydrogen peroxide more efficiently.

14 Aug 2026

Beyond Raman: New Dimensions in Multimodal Chemical Imaging

Photothermal Spectroscopy Corp. is heading to ICORS 2026 in Istanbul, with two ways to connect: an expert-led workshop on multimodal chemical imaging and conversations with our team at Booth 5 throughout the conference.

From Photothermal Spectroscopy Corp 6 Aug 2026

Leveraging Robotic Handlers and Physics Informed AI for Semiconductor Testing

A quiet revolution is taking place in the halls and laboratories at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

6 Aug 2026

New Open-Source Software Tracks Energy Transfer Inside Tiny Materials

The tool could help researchers design denser optical memory, study information loss in quantum systems and better understand how materials behave.

31 Jul 2026

US Defense Manufacturer, Elmet Technologies, to Streamline Supply Chain for Rapid Production of Hypersonic Vehicle Parts with 3D Systems DMP Flex 350 Triple

Today, 3D Systems announced that Elmet Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Elmet Group ("Elmet"), is deploying the DMP Flex 350 Triple metal additive manufacturing machine (laser powder bed fusion) for the rapid production of advanced aerospace parts for hypersonic vehicles.

From 3D Systems 30 Jul 2026

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