#Quantum metacrystal works at room temperature: @LSU_Boon developers claim their #metacrystal can distinguish quantum differences between #photons and guide each state along a different pathway, with limited changes to their information. Full article at: iom3.info/4zlRYFC

Power to the people: The energy transition promises cleaner power, new industries and millions of #jobs. In the lead up to #COP31, Mel Rutherford examines what it takes to turn the promise of a #justtransition into a reality. Full article at: iom3.info/4hK2xg1

Flexible and transparent glass for adaptive #optics: Ningbo University researchers designed a chalcogenide #glass that could overcome a long-standing trade-off between #infrared transparency and mechanical flexibility for adaptive optics. Article: iom3.info/4yb9trf

#Hydrogen has enormous potential as a clean energy carrier for various industries, but cost-effective storage remains a significant challenge #highentropyalloys for hydrogen #storage. Read the full article here: iom3.info/3TUicjG

#Wool rope makes waves in #seaweed farming: Ropes produced from 100% sheep’s wool are said to show promise for growing #kelp – a large, fast-growing, brown seaweed. Read the full article here: iom3.info/3VK3lZF

Laying the groundwork: #Reliability, #lifecycle thinking and engineering collaboration will determine whether new #energytechnologies succeed at scale or not. Mike Eason at @JohnCraneInc explains why. Read the full article here: iom3.info/4s5S1TU

Colour-changing packaging signals food freshness: Anthocyanin – a natural plant pigment – embedded into a metal-organic framework reportedly creates a hydrogel that can indicate when food starts to spoil. Read the full article at: iom3.info/4ih7e0P

Driven by data: Data centre capacity is expanding, but the growing energy demands of these warehouse-like facilities has sparked debate around finding sustainable solutions. Read the full article at: iom3.info/4dB9SMj

Purple, the new white for keeping cool in heatwaves: A lightweight, purple fabric reportedly stays up to 6.2°C cooler than conventional purple cotton when exposed to direct sunlight. Read the full article at: iom3.info/purp-white

Smoothing the transition: Members of the IOM3 Energy Transition Group unpack the unprecedented growth in #renewables and explore how #hydrocarbons continue to underpin global #energysecurity, affordability and industrial development. Full article at: iom3.info/4hJyQeT

The October issue of #MaterialsWorld is now live on our website! Check out the latest issue on the #energytransition at iom3.info/3EDdFu3

Egyptian faience...is the beautiful, shiny, often blue-green, glassy #material, seen mostly as small figures or Scarab beetles in #Egyptology collections...it was made from the land in a time before #modern mechanisation. Full Article: iom3.info/4ArIutT

More than 400 million years ago, the Earth’s #crust filled with water and escaped through #volcanic activity as water vapour in #magma. Read more about geological and sociological perspectives of caves and their forms at at: iom3.info/4hbJ1sy

#Structural uncertainty arises not only from the limited data, but also from the intrinsic complexity of #geological systems and the evolving nature of #mining operations. Read the full article at: iom3.info/4hiGs6O

With the integration of #LiDAR imaging, #ore grading can be expanded to #3D for an entire heading, including the walls, roof and floor. Alexander Wallat at @iclboulby explains the technology behind a modern mine. Full article at: iom3.info/4xwQozr

With the integration of #LiDAR imaging, #ore grading can be expanded to #3D for an entire heading, including the walls, roof and floor. Alexander Wallat ICL Boulby explains the technology behind a modern mine. Full article at: iom3.info/4xwQozr

The Woo Dale #Limestone Formation in Tunstead is made up of a darker stone, some of which can be seen dipping under the lighter-coloured Chee Tor deposit on the Old Moor. The sites extract #materials and produce Tarmac’s #BlueCircleCement. Full article: iom3.info/4r6UVqL

“Many historic #tailings deposits should not be regarded simply as #waste. They can represent significant above-ground inventories of critical, strategic and precious #metals that were not recovered by the original processing technology.” Full article at: iom3.info/4r47HX3

When #volcanoes erupt explosively, they eject massive amounts of #moltenrock into the air, which cool quickly. This volcanic rock – known as tuff to geologists – can be rich in critical minerals, particularly #rareearths. Full article at: iom3.info/4r3R3H7

Nickel laterites are an increasingly important source of #nickel, but winning the metal is not easy. Simon Purkiss CEng MIMMM and Dr Colin Hunter explain how to #leach nickel from #laterites in groundwater. Read the full article at: iom3.info/3SSsQqI