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Articles from the January 11, 2023 edition


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  • Swiss scientist holds artificial photosynthesis device for making hydrogen fuel.

    Leaf creates hydrogen out of thin air

    A.J. Roan, Metal Tech News|Updated Apr 3, 2024

    Swiss scientists create device that makes green fuel from water vapor and sunshine. Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne have created a device that can harvest water from the atmosphere and turn it into hydrogen fuel – a process powered entirely with solar energy. While inspired by the natural mechanisms of photosynthesis, the scientists devised something more akin to an electrochemical sponge. Such a device that can extract water from the air a...

  • A closeup of a chunk of a metallic, silvery-grey crystalline graphite.

    Nouveau Monde Graphite eyes giant mine

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jun 8, 2023
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    PEA outlines plan for 500,000 tpa graphite mine at Lac Guéret in Northern Quebec. As it ramps up to commercial production at its Matawinie graphite mine and Becancour battery materials plant in Quebec, Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc. released the results of a preliminary economic assessment for developing a much larger graphite mining operation at the world-class Lac Guéret deposit on Mason Graphite Inc.'s Uatnan project in Northern Quebec. A road-accessible project about 175 m...

  • A metallic cube of sulfur’s symbol on the periodic table of elements.

    More sulfur for better Li-S batteries

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jan 17, 2023

    Argonne National Lab breakthrough advances lithium-sulfur batteries one step closer to commercial use. Increased energy density at lower costs is the ultimate goal when it comes to making better batteries for smartphones, toys, tools, and electric vehicles. Lithium-sulfur batteries have shown the potential to outperform traditional lithium-ion batteries on both these fronts. This is why scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory are working to...

  • A metal sample portioned from a larger piece of 3D printed bronze-steel.

    Skoltech prints alloy ideal for jet engines

    A.J. Roan, Metal Tech News|Updated Jan 10, 2023

    Researchers from Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, or Skoltech, in Moscow, Russia, have leveraged 3D printing to forge an unlikely union between one of Man's oldest known alloys, bronze, and one of its relatively newer discoveries, steel, that could be used to manufacture combustion chambers for aircraft and rocket engines. This 3D-printed Skoltech alloy, simply named bronze-steel, simultaneously benefits from steel's ability to withstand extreme temperatures and...

  • Sonid CEO Choi Si-Myung and RecycLiCo CEO Zarko Meseldzija signing MOU.

    RecycLiCo signs MOU with Korean Sonid

    A.J. Roan, Metal Tech News|Updated Jan 10, 2023

    Battery recycling company RecycLiCo Battery Materials Inc. signed a memorandum of understanding with Korean electronics manufacturer Sonid Inc. signifying the first steps toward a potential commercial joint venture or licensing arrangement of the company's recycling technology. Outlining the strategic partnership and business framework for establishing a lithium-ion battery recycling facility, both companies aim to leverage their strengths for commercial collection, pretreatme...

  • Dashed line shows opal-filled fracture cutting across layered rocks on Mars.

    Martian opals are a precious discovery

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jan 9, 2023

    Gemstones could offer evidence of past life and be a water source for future Martians. Martian opals discovered in a lakebed traversed by NASA's Mars Curiosity rover may be much more precious than their counterparts found on Earth. This is not due to the opals found on the Red Planet being more opalescent, dazzling, or exotic – though a pendant adorned with Martian opals would truly be out of this world – but because they may be a key to understanding past life and ena...