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PhD scholar Nayanatara Ruppegoda Gamage (left) and Dr Chamila Gunasekara with concrete samples made using textiles

Discarded carpet fibres make concrete more durable

Liquid metals show promise as an alternative to rigid materials

Liquid metal wiring technique shows promise for flexible electronics

Comment: The route to greener steel

Earthworms are important to soil structure and fertility

Study identifies adverse impact of bio-based materials on earthworms

Preparation of one of the Euro Material Ageing’s experiments for launch. The COMAT-designed SESAME module holds specimens selected and tested by ESA, supplied by 15 international research teams with Bristol University samples shown in the inset image

Materials set for rigours of space on International Space Station

Potassium-ion batteries have potential as an alternative method of storing and delivering large amounts electricity

Material discovery could lead to improved potassium-ion batteries

FlexSea’s material provides sustainable packaging and enriches soil health during natural decomposition

Grant awarded for circular seaweed packaging solution

Previous research by Park and colleagues was inspired by the geometry of leaves.

Engineers develop method of preventing frost formation

MPI will utilise Intellegens' advanced Alchemite machine learning suite

Collaboration to reduce development time of electric arc furnaces

The study assessed the climate costs of emissions using the Environmental Protection Agency’s Social Cost of Carbon standard

Study assesses climate cost of US manufacturing

The plant has an expected recovery rate of over 96 per cent

Mercedes-Benz opens battery recycling plant

Artwork created by students at the Monash Suzhou Research Institute demonstrating simultaneous lithium and magnesium extraction

Salt lake extraction tech harvests both lithium and magnesium