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LLM-based platform for generating new materials synthesis recipes dramatically cuts trial and error

A research team led by Professor Sung Beom Cho of the School of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), in collaboration with the teams of Professors Jin Sung Park and Hyunsouk Cho of Ajou University and Professor Ju Li of the Massachusetts I

Is MP Materials Stock a Buy After Earnings?

Why innovative 'bio‑materials' are still more sci‑fi than fashion revolution

Walk around any major fashion exhibition and you might get the impression that biofabricated materials are about to transform fashion.

Metamaterials may enable invisibility cloaks, thinner lenses and smarter wireless networks

Who has not dreamed of an invisibility cloak like the one used by Harry Potter?

How Reju Is Turning Polyester Textile Waste Into New Materials

Reju is developing a process that separates polyester from blended fabrics and turns it back into material for new clothes—like base layers, fleeces, and shells. The post How Reju Is Turning Polyester Textile Waste Into New Materials appeared first on Outside Online .

Why innovative ‘bio-materials’ are still more sci-fi than fashion revolution

Developing a new material is only the first step. Convincing an industry built around traditional textiles to adopt it is a very different challenge.

Machine learning methods move self-driving labs closer to materials discovery at scale

Machine learning doesn't replace human intelligence, but it can outlast human endurance, which makes it a helpful tool for chemistry and materials discovery. Scientists know machine learning models can make predictions based on the vast reams of data they are trained on, but can

Scientists identify design rules for the best thermoelectric materials

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have used a theoretical framework to derive design rules for creating new thermoelectric materials. The efficiency of converting thermal energy to electricity is often determined by parameters that strongly depend on each other, maki

The dynamic duo: 'Weaving' hierarchical DNA materials with two classes of biomolecular nanomachines

Biomolecular nanomachines, such as enzymes and molecular motors, are the workhorses behind the synthesis and organization of complex materials in life. Powered by chemical energy, they build, transport and organize biomolecules, allowing living systems to create and maintain high

12 Sculptures Made From Recycled Materials

For time immemorial, human beings have generated trash ...

The AI Buildout Is Turning Applied Materials (AMAT) Into A Profit Machine

Pearce+ stacks reclaimed materials to create multi-species wildlife tower

Architecture studio Pearce+ has added a wildlife tower for bats, owls, kestrels, invertebrates and wetland species at Honeygar Farm in Somerset, UK.

Kering Invites 10 Designers to Reimagine Sustainable Materials

Hoping to show the creative possibilities in innovative, sustainable materials, luxury group Kering enlisted 10 emerging designers from across the world. Will established houses follow?

Geomimicry offers a new framework for engineering sustainable materials

When engineers look to nature for inspiration, they often turn to living systems. The flight of birds has influenced aircraft design, gecko feet inspired new adhesives and lotus leaves led to the development of self-cleaning surfaces.

Nepal flash floods updates: At least 157 dead, hundreds missing; India sends first tranche of relief materials

For assistance and information related to Indian nationals who have been affected by the flash floods in Nepal today, the following emergency numbers may be contacted: +977 985 131 6807, +977 970 910 7500, said a post by the Indian Embassy in Nepal

Europe recycles just 12% of the materials it uses. Here’s how training can accelerate the transition to a circular economy

A new project offers free learning materials for boosting the circular economy by rethinking processes for recycling waste or reconditioning clothing and vehicles and navigating policy U-turns.

China strategically slows exports of critical materials used in semiconductor fabrication to Taiwan — germanium and quartz exports to the region also threaten o

China is slowing or restricting shipments of materials based on germanium and quartz to Taiwan, which creates supply constraints for multiple industries on the island, according to Nikkei . Companies are reporting problems obtaining germanium- and quartz-based materials as well a

Metal ceramics under AI control: A new approach for calculating the mechanical properties of materials

Researchers from the Skoltech Materials Center have proposed a new approach to modeling the mechanical properties of heterogeneous materials, combining machine learning with active learning on local chemical configurations. The method enables calculations of large systems contain

Applied Materials (AMAT) Is Positioned to Capture More of the AI Chip Manufacturing Boom

NASA Awards First Prize in Phase 2 of Agency’s LunaRecycle Challenge

NASA named a team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as the first prize winner for Phase 2 of the agency’s LunaRecycle Challenge, which focused on developing solutions for reducing waste during missions to the Moon or deep space by recycling common materials, li

Tiny mirror that controls light in 3D could make microscopes smaller and faster

Researchers use tightly focused laser beams to image biological samples, shape materials with microscopic precision and generate displays.

Massive Valve leak unearths 12TB of unreleased builds for games like Portal 2, alongside a whiff of Half-Life 2: Episode 3

A massive archive of games and unreleased builds uploaded to Steam from 2003 to 2013 has leaked online, and it includes never-before-seen versions of Portal 2 and many other games, alongside materials that could be related to the Half-Life 2: Episode Three that never saw the ligh

Physicists take Hall effect in a new direction

Carnegie Mellon University scientists have uncovered a new phenomenon that challenges a longstanding assumption about how electronic materials respond to magnetic fields.

What new tariff walls in U.S.-Canada trade war mean for the economy's critical metals

When the U.S.-Canada trade war erupted, the market repriced metals and materials stocks and ETFs, but longer-term investors should be wary.

Light reveals internal motion in electron crystals and can trigger their melting

Electrons, particles that carry a negative electric charge, typically move through materials.

Reworked tRNAs enable protein design with up to 34 amino acids

Scientists have been hard at work for more than 20 years to instruct biological systems, such as E. coli cells, to produce proteins they don't naturally produce. Success could mean faster, cheaper, more innovative solutions for medicine, agriculture, materials science, environmen

Innovative etching method for silicon: Higher precision through interlayer

In micro- and nanotechnology, highly precise components with tall, narrow structures (high aspect ratios) made from semiconductor materials like silicon are important. A promising fabrication method is gas-phase metal-assisted chemical etching (MacEtch). In this plasma-free proce

High magnetic fields revive superconductivity in nickelates

Scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS), in collaboration with Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States, have uncovered that a class of nickel-based materials known as samarium (Sm)-based infinite-layer nickelates can regain their superconducting abi

Five highlights from nuclear-power research

Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02512-6 Advanced materials, cancer risk analysis and other developments from recent studies.

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Architects are trained to choose materials, compare their properties, and decide how they should be used. Some practices are taking on a different task: developing the material itself. ]]>

The superconducting gap of an ultrathin nickelate defies expectations

Superconductors are materials that carry electrical current with zero resistance below a specific critical temperature. In conventional superconductors, the transition to superconductivity generally occurs at very low temperatures.

‘One Piece: The Battle Of Alabasta’ Adds Four To Season 3 Cast In Roles Of Koza, Toto, Pell & Chaka

Emilio Sakraya (Rheingold, Those About to Die, Fortitude), Omid Abtahi (The Mandalorian, American Gods), Jamie Ward (The Gentlemen, His Dark Materials) and Nabeel Khan (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Strike Back) have been tapped for recurring roles in One Piece: The Battle of Al

Hydrogel platform uses vitamin B2 and blue light to simplify living tissue models

Researchers at Tampere University have developed a versatile hydrogel platform that makes it easier to create customized biomaterials for tissue engineering, disease modeling, drug discovery and regenerative medicine. Their plug-and-play crosslinking technology enables the design

New Monte Carlo method accelerates simulations of densely entangled polymer melts

Long polymer chains are everywhere: in synthetic materials, soft matter, biological systems such as chromosomes, and mathematical models of filaments and knots. When many such chains are densely packed, they form what physicists call a polymer melt. In this crowded environment, e

The art of making something from nothing

Hotels are turning castoff materials into art that connects guests with local culture, history and ideas about sustainability.

Elon Musk’s xAI used child porn to train Grok models, lawsuit says

xAI has now been accused of training Grok on child sex abuse materials (CSAM), as regulators and courts continue to probe how far the problem goes, and some Grok users have been arrested .

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Our goal was to create a place for the local community with inspiring architecture and environmental awareness - energy-efficient, based on renewable resources, using low-emission, natural materials, and blending into the surrounding nature and local context. ]]>

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The Garden Laneway House, nestled between garages facing a service lane, is a lyrical collection of modern lines, authentic materials and deliberate views.

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The House of Monitors is a home that captures and choreographs light while highlighting the materials of production.

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The project explores how ordinary materials and simple construction systems can be carefully reassembled to create a high-performing industrial building.

AI streamlines search for new ceramics that generate electricity

A tedious process of trial and error is normally required to discover ceramic materials that generate electricity under mechanical stress.

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Located in the heart of Miami Beach , Cherokee House explores the idea of refuge through a restrained composition of exposed concrete, natural materials and carefully controlled light.

Flash floods in Nepal: No contact still with 320 Indians; 400 stranded

21 pilgrims from Tamil Nadu return safely; India sends third flight to Kathmandu with relief materials and a 11-member expert panel onboard

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SEED 2026 is a gathering for specialists, professionals, students, and those interested in exploring new relationships between territory, architecture, biomaterials, and regenerative systems.

Can nuclear reactors hit the road?

Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02510-8 Fission facilities that fit in a truck could provide portable power where it’s needed — but some people question whether it’s worth the cost, safety compromises and the risk of sending the raw materials for

Peaked volumes top Los Angeles house by Allprace

Local design-build studio Allprace aimed to create a feeling of "warmth and permanence" in a house called Hargis, which features gabled roof forms and earthy materials such as wood and stone. Set within a creative district in Culver City, which is part of Los Angeles County, the

Nanoparticles induce neuroregeneration in Alzheimer's disease models

The adult human brain has limited capacity to repair or regenerate neurons lost to Alzheimer's disease, the most common type of dementia. Existing treatments can slow disease progression but do not reverse cognitive decline. In a study published in the journal Cell Biomaterials o

Chainalysis-run sting targets child exploitation networks with aid of Binance, Coinbase

'Operation Lighthouse' went after child sex abuse materials, working with law enforcement to round up more than 14,000 investigative leads.

Trump announces new 50% tariff on Canadian cars, trucks and steel

Move is latest deterioration in trade relations between neighbors with historically strong economic ties Donald Trump announced a new 50% tariff on automobiles and crucial raw materials from Canada , the latest deterioration in trade relations between the two neighbors with histo

Enriched uranium stockpile undercuts Trump claim of Iran's 'essential denuclearization'

President Donald Trump said he has presided over "the essential denuclearization of Iran." But Iran likely still has materials and machinery that can be used to make nuclear weapons, undercutting Trump's claim.

Proposal tackling European eel decline among projects from University of Nottingham

Dezeen School Shows: a restorative infrastructure designed to support eel habitats among projects from the University of Nottingham. Also featured are artist housing and studios in Hull, and a circular economy materials warehouse in Liverpool. University of Nottingham Institution