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Thermo Fisher Scientific Introduces the Thermo Scientific™ EMPAD™ G2 Electron Detector to Advance Materials Research

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today introduced the Thermo Scientific™ EMPAD™ G2 detector, a new detector designed to help researchers see and understand materials in unprecedented detail.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific 29 Aug 2026

A Plastic Designed to Become Fertilizer After Use

Researchers developed isosorbide-based plasticizers that made brittle poly(isosorbide carbonate) more flexible while preserving its ability to undergo ammonolysis after use. The resulting degradation products supported plant growth, including in an edible vegetable, highlighting a new way to design plastics with a useful end-of-life function.

20 Aug 2026

Aerosol Droplets Turned Cyanide and Minerals Into Complex Hybrid Materials

Researchers showed that alkaline cyanide aerosols interacting with six mineral substrates can spontaneously form mineral-organic hybrid materials, with mineral identity and reaction time shaping the resulting nitrogen-rich organic structures. The findings reveal that minerals can actively influence prebiotic molecular complexity while organic coatings can also stabilize or transform the underlying mineral phases.

18 Aug 2026

Bruker Announces Strategic Collaboration with Atinary Technologies to Advance Self-Driving Laboratories

Bruker Corporation today announced an expanded strategic collaboration with Atinary Technologies Inc., the pioneer of Self-Driving Labs® technologies and AI-driven R&D with applications in pharmaceuticals, chemicals, energy, and materials.

From SciY 12 Aug 2026

Scientists Turn One of the World's Most Hated Plastics Into Premium Lubricant

Virginia Tech chemist and chemical engineer Guoliang “Greg” Liu and his lab have developed a process that converts the plastic polyvinyl chloride (PVC) into polyalphaolefin, a key component in lubricants such as engine oil.

6 Aug 2026

Plaskimia Unveils Plasma Technology to Help Decarbonize the Chemical Industry

What if the next revolution in chemistry came not from the molecules themselves, but from the way they are made? That is the bet Plaskimia is making.

31 Jul 2026

Researchers Use Molten Salts to Turn Greenhouse Gas Into Technology

Graphite, the carbon center of your humble #2 pencil, is also an essential component in technologies such as batteries, smartphones, laptops, and industrial power equipment. Today, nearly all of this critical mineral has to be mined and processed and, in the United States, imported.

31 Jul 2026

Innovative Nanotechnology Sensors Offer Rapid Testing for Toxic PFAS Chemicals

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of man-made "forever chemicals."

29 Jul 2026

Multi-Agent AI Framework Targets High-Purity Recovery of Critical Transition Metals

The U.S. Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory will lead a Genesis Mission project to help secure the nation’s critical mineral supply by developing AI tools to improve recovery of valuable transition metals from spent lithium-ion batteries.

23 Jul 2026