M recently completed an in-depth study to understand what technologies will most influence the future of how we live, work, ...

The Center for Industrial Photonics (CIP) at the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM) has developed an additive manufacturing ...

Most of Earth's water is in the oceans and too salty to drink. Desalination plants can make seawater drinkable, but they ...

For example, materials engineers are prominent within the automotive, aerospace, electronics, consumer products, manufacturing, ... Michigan Tech's materials science and engineering accelerated master ...

In medical diagnostics, for example, such materials offer deeper insights into tissue, since NIR light is scattered less than visible light. In communications technology, NIR materials are used in ...

In order to help prevent the climate crisis, actively reducing already-emitted CO₂ is essential. Accordingly, direct air ...

I started thinking more deeply about material demand when I was reporting stories about recycling, including this 2023 feature on the battery recycling company Redwood Materials. For one example ...

The research reveals a shortlist of 21 materials, which includes both some well-known candidates like tungsten and a few exotic examples that have yet to be studied.

Despite having fewer than 200 employees, Zhuzhou Times Huaxin New Material Technology Co Ltd has successfully entered the top tier of the global polyimide (PI) film industry thanks to its ...