Materials and Chemicals

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  • New riser system reaches 6,000 meters below the ocean's surface

    The riser system gathers minerals used in the making of EV batteries, solar panels.

  • Watch how material cloaks soldiers, makes them invisible to thermal imagers

    Material masks soldier's heat signatures.

  • Researchers using crime scene tape to recover microplastics for analysis

    Tape used at crime scenes also proving effective in environmental applications.

  • Watch magnets pull critical elements from wastewater

    The technology may help convert waste streams into sources of critical materials.

  • Crystalline layers lead to 1,000x boost in photovoltaic power

    The solar panel efficiency gain is achieved with alternating layers of barium titanate, strontium titanate and calcium titanate.

  • New method extracts metals from industrial waste

    The new method allows for the simultaneous recovery of multiple metals from waste oxides in a single process.

  • Video: Coal waste as a remedy for coal mine and water reclamation

    A by-product of coal mining can be of value in remediating land and water resources despoiled in that mining process.

  • Enzyme-based PET recycling could significantly reduce supply chain energy use

    Researchers from the BOTTLE Consortium identified an enzyme that could create a sustainable approach to recycling polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastics.

  • Artificial swimming microrobots developed using just three ingredients

    The artificial swimmers are composed of a detergent-like substance, oil and water.

  • Eaton introduces its fully automated, mobile IFPM 33 fluid purifier system

    Eaton's fully automated, mobile IFPM 33 fluid purifier system removes water, gases and particulate contaminants from oils.

  • Plastic polymer quickly degrades in sunlight

    The material decomposes in about one week in sunlight from a petroleum-based polymer into succinic acid.

  • Gulf Coast poised to become carbon storage hub

    A new carbon storage economy is on the horizon along the Gulf Coast.

  • ATCO, Future Fuel to build renewable natural gas facility

    ATCO Energy Solutions and Future Fuel Ltd. have partnered to build and operate ATCO’s first commercial renewable natural gas facility.

  • Researchers synthesize new thermally stable zeolite catalysts

    A research team at POSTECH discovered new zeolite catalysts that show promise for the oil refining and petrochemical industries.

  • Spray promises to fix damage incurred by heart attack

    The exosome spray corrected damage in rats.

  • Coating formulated to hasten implantation

    Scientists have developed coatings for titanium implants to hasten osseointegration.

  • Graphene veils promise to protect artwork against environmental degradation

    The graphene veil membrane protects against pollutants, moisture and ultraviolet light.

  • Transparent, non-toxic anti-viral coating in development

    Coating can be applied to virtually any substrate.

  • Coating engineered to keep hulls free of biofouling

    Coating is non toxic and patent pending.

  • Concerns in residential buildings and implications of corrosion in Champlain Towers

    AMPP's Cindy O'Malley discusses corrosion concerns in residential buildings and implications of corrosion in Champlain Towers.

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