5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (367+ words) The platform harvests energy continuously from track vibration, structural flex, and constant dynamic loading as trains move at full speed. The rumble of a heavy freight train carries immense force. Soon, that trackside vibration could directly feed high-tech data centers....

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (529+ words) A newly measured surface state could help explain why partially oxidized copper behaves differently as a catalyst. Scientists have discovered that an oxygen-rich layer forming on copper surfaces during the earliest stages of oxidation behaves much more like metallic copper…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (443+ words) Engineered calcium-binding proteins could offer the US a new approach to rare earth separation and critical mineral recovery. A protein-based separation technique from Battelle could offer US manufacturers a new way to recover rare earth elements with fewer processing stages....

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (281+ words) Zijin Longking has launched the ZL230E, a battery electric haul truck that carries 230 tonnes of rock and weighs 350 tonnes fully loaded. China has built a mining truck that weighs 350 tonnes fully loaded, and there is not a drop of diesel in…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (889+ words) Ten minerals that underpin the world’s most important emerging technologies. The world’s most advanced machines depend on materials most people rarely hear about. A pinch of gallium can affect a radar system, a tantalum capacitor can determine whether a satellite…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (461+ words) The three-axle haul truck stands as the largest-tonnage battery electric mining truck in China. China’s largest pure electric mining truck officially rolled off the assembly line last week. The ZL230E (formerly LK350E) is a 350-ton gross weight electric haul truck developed by…...