1+ day, 58+ min ago   (299+ words) Copper is a much sought (and much stolen) metal because it powers the proliferation of data centers, electric vehicles, and energy infrastructure. Copper also forms interconnects, the wires that transfer electricity between the semiconducting transistors that form the basic building…...

6+ day, 56+ min ago   (1081+ words) Concrete is, quite literally, the foundation of the modern world. Almost every construction project in the world uses the material in some form. There's just one problem, and that's a big one: Making one of its central ingredients – cement – is…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (655+ words) Metals everywhere need to be protected from corrosion, from beloved cars to iconic buildings, sculptures, and ships. However, according to new research, there's a source of corrosion we didn't know about – and haven't been accounting for. That source is electrically…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (724+ words) The world is drowning in plastic waste. Our bodies are full of microplastics and no environment is safe. Plastics are strewn atop the most remote mountains, the deepest parts of the sea, and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is so…...