Materials World resources

Satellite images analysed using machine-learning models are finding unmapped roads in wilderness areas from mining, logging and land clearing.

A closed-loop path for synthesising carbon-fibre-reinforced polymer and recovering all its starting materials has been designed at the US Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Waste from wood products can convert waste heat into electricity, according to an Irish-Spanish study.

An integrated silicon-gel electrolyte system could make it possible for electric vehicles to travel up to 1,000km on a single charge.

Researchers in Aalto University, Finland, claim their metamaterial is 'true one-way glass' previously deemed beyond existing technologies.

The metamaterial has 'levels of strength for weight not normally seen in nature or manufacturing' say RMIT University designers, Australia.

A biomineralisation strategy from Hong Kong Polytechnic University to stop microbial corrosion in marine concrete.

The increasing risk of micro- and nanoplastics emissions from plastics recycling.

How characterisation of waste can enhance plastics recycling.

The case for circular thinking in manufacturing.

An aerogel sensor uses artificial intelligence to detect formaldehyde at concentrations of 8ppb using little energy.