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An artificial intelligence tool has led to the discovery of four materials, including a new family of solid-state materials that conduct lithium.

Full decarbonisation of international shipping is 'urgent and achievable'. This is the message from more than 150 industry leaders and organisations representing the entire maritime value chain, including shipping, cargo, energy, finance, ports and infrastructure.

Security is a central consideration in all engineering practice. As the profession’s regulator, the Engineering Council has refreshed its security guidance resources, to reflect current and future needs.

A new skills framework will help develop new technologies and a skilled workforce, essential requirements to meet carbon net-zero.

IOM3 is delighted that five of our distinguished members have been elected Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering

Aerospace and mining engineers are mapping out a plan for harvesting the moon's resources using autonomous robot swarms and new excavation techniques.

Researchers from the University of Turku, Finland, have discovered a new method of X-ray imaging based on the colouring abilities of the natural mineral hackmanite. The international group of researchers also found out how and why hackmanite changes colour upon exposure to X-rays.

Functional materials and biomedical materials appear in this issue.

Ionoptika Ltd and the University of Surrey have been awarded project grants worth a total of £425,000.00 from Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, to expand their research into new manufacturing technologies for quantum devices.

European plastic recycling industry registered nearly a 10% increase in installed plastic recycling capacity for flexible film in 2020, demonstrating a solid growth despite the COVID pandemic that resulted in severe disruptions on the waste management market.

Milk protein whey – a by-product of cheese making – is being used to fabricate high-performance, plastic-like foams that show chemical resistance and mechanical strength, stiffness, and toughness in harsh environments at over 150°C.

Looking at higher strength steels for magnetic applications in motors, the thermo-mechanical processing and intergranular corrosion of TP347H stainless steel and grain size effects on deformation characteristics.

By incorporating graphene nanoplatelets into traditional cement, researchers suggest they can enhance the material’s water and fracture resistance as well as potentially imbue electrical conductivity and piezoelectric and magnetic properties.

Including an experimental study of Cu/Fe underwater self-constrained explosive welding tubes and the characteristics of ultrasonic spot welding of Cu/Ni dissimilar metals.

The nation’s annual celebration of recycling is here. UK Recycle Week takes place on 20–26 September 2021 and we are proud to be supporting this campaign for another year.

Congratulations to Professor Mary Ryan FREng CEng FIMMM on being awarded the Armourers & Brasiers Company Prize for excellence in materials engineering.

The ‘Sort & Seg’ innovation competition, launched in July 2020, set the challenge of finding ways to sort and segregate mixed radioactive waste at some of the UK’s oldest nuclear sites.

Investigations of strain rate-dependent fracture criteria, welding joints under fatigue loading and transient liquid phase bonding feature.

All firms and bodies involved in the construction industry in the North East have been invited to an emergency summit to address the deepening materials shortage crisis. The summit is a cross industry event to raise awareness of this and discuss possible solutions.

SC Johnson, the maker of household consumer brands, is teaming up with England's Liverpool Football Club to create a closed loop recycling model for the more than 500,000 plastic bottles used at its Anfield stadium each season.