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The EPD removes 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminium goods

Trade deal cuts tariffs on UK metals and vehicles

EV fires are more dangerous, and more likely to occur when the vehicle is parked or during charging

Impervio separator offers solution to thermal runaway

Research in 2019 estimated that the amount of animal waste is due to increase by 40 per cent between 2003 and 2030 to at least five billion tons, with many farms producing more manure than they can legitimately use as fertiliser

Manufacturing-grade cellulose made from cow dung

Next-gen devices could be possible with temperature-stable bismuth

3D printing models using the polymeric resin

Plant based resins could make 3D printing more sustainable

Lithium fields in the Atacama desert in Chile, South America

Penn process extracts lithium quickly at low temperatures

TAU Systems aims to create a commercially viable, compact, and cost-effective accelerator

TAU Systems launches beamtime-as-a-service lab

Due to its unique properties, graphene has potential applications in various fields, including electronics, energy storage, and materials science

Partnership set to produce graphene-based polymers for the hydrogen sector

Investment in battery cell R&D and early-stage testing is accelerating with renewed enthusiasm

Comment: Western battery R&D surges amid China’s dominance and new US Tariffs

Bendable ceramic origami material created in the UH lab of Maksud Rahman, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering. The new material could power next-gen prosthetics and aerospace technology

Origami-inspired ceramic structures bend without breaking

Wastewater treatment failing to capture microplastics

Biographite is made from low-cost renewable forestry by-products using a low-temperature, carbon-sequestering process

Comment: How biographite can transform EV battery supply chains