battery recycling, critical minerals

Refining critical minerals to advance battery recycling capabilities

Cirba Solutions highlights the importance of battery recycling and how it must be scaled up to meet the global demand for critical minerals.
the moon

Researchers advance search for ice on the Moon

The presence of ice on the Moon could be used to support humans or be broken down to hydrogen and oxygen, key components of rocket fuel.

New material promises flexible thermoelectric semiconductors

Researchers have created synthesised flexible thermoelectric semiconductors through a simple and cost-effective melting method.
offshore wind

UK Government pledges £300m boost for offshore wind industry

The UK Government has announced a £300m investment to strengthen domestic supply chains for offshore wind. Find out more.
Opening of the new hydrogen electrolysis test centre at TU Graz's Inffeldgasse campus. From left: Viktor Hacker, Head of the Institute of Chemical Process Engineering and Environmental Technology and Spokesman of the Research Center for Green Hydrogen and Fuel Technologies, Helmut Antrekowitsch, Vice-Rector for Research and Sustainability at the University of Leoben, Horst Bischof, Rector of Graz University of Technology, Willibald Ehrenhöfer, State Councillor for Economics and Research, Elmar Pichl, Head of the Higher Education Section at the Federal Ministry for Women, Science and Research, Alexander Trattner, from the Institute of Thermodynamics and Sustainable Drive Systems at Graz University of Technology and CEO of the COMET Competence Center HyCentA.

TU Graz opens Europe’s premier hydrogen electrolysis test centre

Discover how TU Graz’s new hydrogen electrolysis test centre is positioning Austria as a leader in sustainable energy.

ReLEAF: Revolutionising bio-based fertiliser production from waste streams across Europe

ReLEAF aims to produce controlled-release bio-based fertilisers from alternative sources and demonstrate their agronomic potential.
bacteria, antimicrobial coating

Bacteria killing material creates antimicrobial coating

A new antimicrobial coating has trialled a paint that can effectively kill bacteria and viruses, including difficult to kill species.
fusion reactors

Creating a box for the Sun with fusion reactors

Fusion reactors hold great promise as a future energy source, but can we design materials to withstand the power of such an artificial star?
Nuclear reactor on the Moon

China unveils plans to build nuclear reactor on the Moon

Discover how China plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon as part of the International Lunar Research Station.
microplastics

Investigating the cause of microplastic retention in streams

A team of researchers have investigated how the contents and flow of streams impact microplastic retention. Discover more here.