Materials World resources

A patent for treating mineral substrates.

Co-founder of the School of Natural Building, UK, Barbara Jones is passionate about building with straw and other natural materials.

A Westminster debate unpacked the challenges and opportunities in filling the skills gaps to secure a green transition.

By combining three advanced techniques, new insights can be uncovered into how natural materials behave across multiple length scales.

Calls for pro-action in retrofitting concrete bridges.

Low-carbon asphalt materials are being trialled on England’s major roads.

How board members in the natural resources sector can enable enduring and positive social, environmental and economic outcomes

Regulating emissions from non-road mobile machinery

The importance of apprenticeships in the heritage sector.

Industry and government figures discussed the UK’s much debated Deposit Return Scheme and Extended Producer Responsibility legislation at a Westminster Forum event.

A polymer that can fix itself after it has been cracked or broken into pieces is on the horizon, claim researchers at Bournemouth University, UK. 

Engineers in the US claim to have mitigated three types of defects in parts produced by laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) – a form of additive manufacturing. 

Microwave radiation induces pyrolysis of PVC power cables, leaving behind only copper, a joint study shows.