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TANAKA and MEP to Establish "TANAKA MEP REFINERY SDN. BHD." a Precious Metal Refining Joint Venture in Malaysia

TANAKA PRECIOUS METAL TECHNOLOGIES Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Koichiro Tanaka), a company engaged in the industrial precious metals business of TANAKA, announced that it will establish TANAKA MEP REFINERY SDN. BHD., a joint venture company that will engage in precious metal recycling and refining, with Malaysia-based resource recovery company MEP Enviro Technology Sdn. Bhd. (MEP).

From TANAKA Precious Metals 22 Oct 2026

New Evidence Links Electron Spin Fluctuations to High-Temperature Superconducting States

Superconductivity has many important practical applications, including creating powerful magnets used in high-resolution medical scans, transporting electricity efficiently, and building ultra-sensitive measuring devices. Until now, understanding exactly what lay behind this unique phenomenon at high temperatures has eluded scientists over many decades.

21 Oct 2026

New Method Makes Acrylic Glass Recycling Economically Viable

Large quantities of acrylic glass are used worldwide in a wide range of applications, from window panes and car tail lights to furniture. The polymer is also known by the brand name Plexiglas.

20 Oct 2026

Critical Link's Holoscan Sensor Bridge with MitySOM-A5E Wins Best in Show at Embedded World North America 2026

Critical Link, LLC, a maker of production-ready System on Modules (SOMs) and embedded solutions, today announced that its Holoscan Sensor Bridge with MitySOM-A5E won a Best in Show award at Embedded World North America Sept. 2026.

From Critical Link, LLC 16 Oct 2026

Researchers Make Stronger, Lighter Metals Using Eggshells

Researchers have demonstrated a technique that uses powdered eggshells to produce high-quality magnesium alloys, which have a wide variety of automotive, aerospace and biomedical applications.

6 Oct 2026

Multidimensional Microscopy Identifies Microscopic Defects Impairing Solar Cell Efficiency

A new type of advanced microscope (wide-field coherent multidimensional microscopy) has been developed.

6 Oct 2026

Advancing Efficient and Secure Computing Infrastructure for Modern Intelligent Vehicles

Modern vehicles are becoming computers on wheels, powered by increasingly complex software and artificial intelligence. As those systems take on more responsibility, they must process information quickly and reliably enough to keep critical functions running safely.

26 Sep 2026

Materials AI Is Advancing Fast, but One Big Piece Is Still Missing

A ChemRxiv preprint reviewing 58 new materials-science foundation models found that 52 used a single data modality, while only six combined multiple modalities, and none combined multimodality with explicit physical grounding. The authors propose a framework that combines harmonized materials data, physics-aware multi-modal architectures, efficient specialization, and rigorous validation, although such a unified model has yet to be demonstrated.

21 Sep 2026

Forge Nano Expands Partnership with Battery AI Software Leader Voltaiq to Put AI at the Center of Battery Development and Manufacturing

Forge Nano, Inc., a leading U.S.-based semiconductor equipment and advanced materials company pioneering Atomic Layer Deposition (“ALD”) technology for artificial intelligence (“AI”)-era chip manufacturing and defense battery applications, which has signed an agreement to merge with Archimedes Tech SPAC Partners II Co. (“Archimedes II”), and Voltaiq, the leading battery intelligence and AI platform, today announced an expansion of their longstanding relationship as Forge Nano moves to rapidly integrate artificial intelligence across its battery operations.

From Forge Nano 18 Sep 2026

Researchers Develop Dual-Action Chiral Organic Catalysts for Molecular Synthesis

Professor Do Hyun Ryu's research team in the Department of Chemistry at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) has developed two new asymmetric catalytic methods for the precise synthesis of complex molecules using chiral organic catalysts. The team demonstrated that a single catalyst can promote two different carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions with high selectivity.

17 Sep 2026

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TANAKA and MEP to Establish "TANAKA MEP REFINERY SDN. BHD." a Precious Metal Refining Joint Venture in Malaysia

New Evidence Links Electron Spin Fluctuations to High-Temperature Superconducting States

New Method Makes Acrylic Glass Recycling Economically Viable

Critical Link's Holoscan Sensor Bridge with MitySOM-A5E Wins Best in Show at Embedded World North America 2026

Researchers Make Stronger, Lighter Metals Using Eggshells

Multidimensional Microscopy Identifies Microscopic Defects Impairing Solar Cell Efficiency

Advancing Efficient and Secure Computing Infrastructure for Modern Intelligent Vehicles

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Forge Nano Expands Partnership with Battery AI Software Leader Voltaiq to Put AI at the Center of Battery Development and Manufacturing

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