Oregon State team pairs reduced graphene oxide with oxide chemistry for faster food testing
Oregon State University researchers reported an electrochemical sensor that uses reduced graphene oxide in a nanocomposite designed to speed up food-quality testing. The device was built to detect theobromine in drinks and chocolate milk, pointing to a practical route for lower-cost screening outside conventional labs.
Group14 says its South Korea silicon battery material plant has started EV-scale production
Group14 Technologies said its new Sangju, South Korea factory has begun EV-scale production of its silicon battery material SCC55, a milestone the company says can support up to 2,000 metric tons a year as silicon-anode adoption widens in commercial battery programs.
Northwestern team scales high-entropy alloy nanoparticle design to millions of particles
A Northwestern University-led team has reported a synthesis method that can tune both the composition and surface structure of high-entropy alloy nanoparticles, then scale the process to millions of particles on a chip. The advance could make it easier to identify catalysts for clean hydrogen, energy storage and other chemical processes.
NIMS unveils pinax, a provenance system for materials discovery workflows
Japan’s National Institute for Materials Science has introduced pinax, a provenance management system designed to track materials discovery workflows end to end, including machine-learning steps and the reasoning behind design decisions.
UC Berkeley Wins $10 Million Bezos Earth Fund Grant to Build Biodegradable Fabrics
UC Berkeley researchers have received a $10 million Bezos Earth Fund grant to develop biodegradable fibers from waste-derived proteins, with the goal of creating textiles that can rival the strength and flexibility of natural materials.
Nature Communications study shows a faster route to twisted 2D semiconductor stacks
Researchers reported a heating-rate-controlled chemical vapor deposition method that can grow twisted 2D transition metal dichalcogenide heterostructures with better twist-angle control, a practical advance for moiré materials.