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Sulfur-Selenium Glass Bends, Stretches, and Self-Heals While Transmitting Infrared Light

Researchers created an S60Se40 chalcogenide glass that combined a 0.62-to-21-µm transmission window with ultralow stiffness, 647% tensile strain, approximately 80% strain recovery, and room-temperature self-healing.

By Muhammad Osama 2 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

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

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

PNNL Utilizes Neuro-Symbolic AI to Manage Rapid Data Center Loads

The Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has partnered with Amazon Web Services to explore and validate some of the most advanced artificial intelligence tools that could help operators of the nation's electric grid respond more effectively to severe weather, rising electricity demand and cyber or physical threats.

31 Jul 2026

European Coal Waste Contains Rare Earths, but Recovery Barriers Remain

Researchers analyzed four fine coal-waste samples from Spain, Poland, and Slovenia and found total rare-earth element concentrations of approximately 160-222 ppm. Detailed testing of the Spanish La Matona sample showed that conventional physical separation and exploratory leaching produced little enrichment or extraction, limiting immediate recovery under the tested conditions.

By Akshatha Chandrashekar 30 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

Asbury Advanced Materials Announces Completion of Graphit Kropfmühl GmbH Acquisition

Asbury Advanced Materials ("Asbury") today announced that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of Graphit Kropfmühl GmbH ("GK") from AMG, marking a significant milestone in the company's continued evolution as a global advanced materials platform.

From Asbury Advanced Materials 30 Jul 2026

Review Maps Five Routes to High-Performance PFAS-Free Membranes

The review compares phase inversion, film stretching, melt extrusion, sacrificial templating, and electrospinning as routes to PFAS-free waterproof breathable membranes. It finds that no single method maximizes waterproofness, breathability, durability, and scalability, highlighting the need for application-specific design and standardized testing.

By Akshatha Chandrashekar 29 Jul 2026

A Project Develops “Cool” Façades Expected to Reduce Summer Building Temperatures by up to 2 °C

Every summer, the façades, roofs and pavements of cities absorb a large share of solar radiation and act as heat accumulators.

From AIMPLAS 29 Jul 2026

Ancient Shipwreck Cargo Reveals Surprising Global Trade Secrets of the 1600s

Using cargo recovered from one of Australia’s most infamous shipwrecks, new Curtin University-led research has revealed how surprisingly sophisticated global supply chains helped source and transport construction materials in the 17th century.

29 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

AI Transformers Revolutionize Complex Fluid Dynamics in Next-Gen Reactors

If you've used a large language model such as ChatGPT, you've interacted with a transformer, the neural network architecture that powers many generative artificial intelligence (AI) models.

29 Jul 2026

Strained Germanium Could Carry Quantum Information Between Distant Qubits

Researchers proposed Quantum Phononic Links that confine acoustic phonons within strained germanium quantum wells to connect spatially separated hole spin qubits. Simulations and theoretical estimates suggest that the CMOS-compatible architecture could provide frequency-selective coupling over long on-chip distances, though experiments must verify its performance.

By Dr. Noopur Jain 28 Jul 2026

StellarNet Expands Semiconductor Thin-Film Measurement Systems with New TF-Micro™ Thin-Film Measurement Microscope TF-AM™ Automated Mapping and Surface Quality Verification™

As semiconductor devices continue to become smaller and more complex, accurate thin-film metrology plays an increasingly important role in wafer process development and advanced device manufacturing.

From StellarNet, Inc. 28 Jul 2026