A mild oxalic-acid-based hydrometallurgical process enables efficient indium recovery from indium tin oxide in solar cell waste while simultaneously releasing silver grids. The approach achieves ...

Researchers developed a process to recover silicon and silicon dioxide (SiO₂) from end-of-life crystalline silicon solar ...

Researchers found that replacing up to 5% of Portland cement with eggshell powder may improve mortar strength while supporting more sustainable cement production.

While utility-scale solar asset managers across the southwestern United States frequently battle the costly power-degrading ...

High-entropy alloys (HEAs) are metallurgy’s version of having your cake and eating it too, combining multiple elements to ...

Halogen bonds are robust and tuneable enough to build permanently porous frameworks, new research shows. The findings ...

Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries combine the abundance and affordability of sulfur with an energy storage capability far ...

Magnesium alloys, particularly Mg-Y-Nd-Zr systems such as WE43, have attracted significant interest for biodegradable ...

Materials scientists at Rice University have developed a new workflow methodology for measuring microscopic defects in ...

Due to their high porosity, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are regarded as promising materials for innovative applications, ...

Ray A. Smith is a reporter covering career and workplace issues affecting employees for The Wall Street Journal's careers and leadership bureau in New York. Ray's work looks at how people are ...