MP Materials has recently attracted major U.S. government backing, including a US$400 million Department of Defense investment and a decade‑long magnet offtake agreement from its second U.S. factory, ...

Inspired by the shape-shifting skin of octopuses, Penn State researchers developed a smart hydrogel that can change appearance, texture, and shape on command. The material is programmed using a ...

University of Texas at Dallas researchers and their collaborators have developed and patented a wood-based material that can store and discharge heat to help make building temperatures more ...

The ever-changing makeup of single-stream recyclables and overall increasing tonnages prompted Shakopee, Minnesota-based family-owned solid waste and recycling company Dem-Con Cos. to install a new ...

Materials research relies on intuition-driven exploration, where chemists and engineers tweak tiny elements in compositions or processes and then wait to see the result. This approach is powerful - ...

Dr. Michael Ponting is Chief Scientific Officer at Peak Nano, a leading innovator in advanced capacitor films, specialty films, and optics. "One word: plastics." That single line from The Graduate ...

With its much anticipated decision in Lundin Mining Corp. v Markowich, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) has weighed in on the distinction between “material fact” and “material change” under Canadian ...

Hidden behind nearly every modern invention is a single engineered material that reshaped how humanity builds, explores, and survives. From skyscrapers and spacecraft to microchips and medical ...

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Fungi fanatics will be fascinated to learn that scientists have developed a game-changing insulation made of mushrooms that can prevent mold growth. The Institute for Circular Economy of Bio:Polymers ...