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New Biological Approach to Recover Critical Minerals from Unconventional Sources

Rare earth elements and critical minerals, such as cobalt, are important for a variety of energy technologies and advanced manufacturing. Due to their high demand and limited availability, scientists are working to find new ways to recover these materials from unconventional sources.

26 Dec 2025

Unexpected Electronic Feature in Alloy Paves Way for Energy-Efficient Spintronics

Scientists at Ames National Laboratory, in collaboration with Indranil Das's group at the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (India), have found a surprising electronic feature in transitional metal-based compounds that could pave the way for a new class of spintronic materials for computing and memory technologies.

26 Dec 2025

DNA Templating Creates Novel 3D Inorganic Nanomaterials

For scientists to access and control inorganic materials' unique properties, they need to be able to control these materials' three-dimensional (3D) nanoarchitectures. Scientists can use DNA to guide nanoparticles to assemble into larger structures.

22 Dec 2025

Atomic Scale Interface Structure Shapes Coherence in Superconducting Qubit Materials

Researchers have uncovered an interface layer that may affect the performance of certain superconducting qubits.

16 Dec 2025

Ultra-Fast Light Control in Transparent Ceramics Explained

A new zentropy theory explains the superior light manipulation in transparent ceramics, paving the way for advanced, energy-efficient optical technologies.

16 Dec 2025

Unveiling the Next Frontier in Materials AI

With Omni and Apex, Citrine empowers scientists to leverage AI for faster, data-driven materials development, enhancing competitiveness and innovation.

From Citrine Informatics 10 Dec 2025

ORNL Chemist Wins 2025 Carl Hanson Award for Solvent Extraction Excellence

Chemist Bruce Moyer, a Corporate Fellow at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has won the 2025 Carl Hanson Award, the highest international recognition for achievement in solvent extraction.

21 Nov 2025

MIT Extracts Clean Water from Air 45x Faster with Ultrasound

MIT's ultrasonic water extraction system transforms atmospheric moisture into clean water, recovering it in minutes and improving water harvesting efficiency.

19 Nov 2025

Zinc Barlowite: A Promising Candidate for Robust Quantum Computing Qubits

SLAC and Stanford scientists uncovered a quantum spin liquid, a state of matter that may have applications for quantum information. The blue-green lab-grown crystals look like solid rocks, but their atomic states are constantly changing.

17 Nov 2025

Magnetic Yarn Brings Fabrics to Life

By weaving magnet-responsive fibers into fabric, scientists have created textiles that move, flex, and feel, bringing wearable robotics a step closer to reality.

11 Nov 2025

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