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Billions in rare earth elements may be hiding in America’s coal ash

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260918024759.htm

Published: September 18, 2026 22:08

Scientists are looking to diatoms, sea sponges, and plants for a cleaner way to recover rare earth elements and other valuable minerals hidden inside coal ash, red mud, and mine tailings. The bio-inspired approach could turn massive industrial waste piles…

Scientists find a way to slash computer memory energy use by orders of magnitude

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260906170132.htm

Published: September 6, 2026 21:14

Scientists have devised a new way to switch magnetic computer memory while using far less energy than today's leading technologies. By mathematically optimizing the pulses used to flip digital bits, the method could reduce energy consumption by several…

AI can now control fusion plasma faster than humans can react

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260903064215.htm

Published: September 6, 2026 03:28

Princeton researchers have tested an AI system that can monitor and control fusion plasma in milliseconds, reacting far faster than a human operator. In one experiment, it predicted a damaging instability about 200 milliseconds before it appeared and…

AI searched 100 million possibilities and found a cheaper way to 3D-print a NASA rocket alloy

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260827010504.htm

Published: August 27, 2026 09:08

Researchers used AI to search through more than 100 million possible settings for 3D-printing a high-performance NASA alloy. After only 40 experiments, the system identified six successful configurations, including one that worked at a record-low 500…

Scientists used AI to crack one of water's biggest mysteries

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/07/260707025047.htm

Published: July 8, 2026 18:31

Water’s odd behavior becomes even more dramatic when it is supercooled, but scientists have struggled to compare the many different ways of describing its microscopic structure. Researchers at the University of Osaka used an AI model trained on computer…

Scientists thought the universe was uniform. New evidence says otherwise

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/06/260622014308.htm

Published: July 7, 2026 02:14

What if one of the biggest assumptions in cosmology is wrong? New research suggests the universe may not be perfectly uniform in every direction, as scientists have long believed. A puzzling mismatch known as the cosmic dipole anomaly shows that the…

This strange material can become strong or fall apart in seconds

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/06/260615033849.htm

Published: June 15, 2026 07:54

Scientists have found that staple-shaped particles can tangle together to create a material that is both strong and flexible. Unlike conventional materials, these particles can be locked into a sturdy structure or rapidly unraveled using vibrations. The…

Scientists built a battery-free device that turns sunlight into fuel

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/06/260611024601.htm

Published: June 11, 2026 09:44

Scientists have developed an artificial photosynthesis system that essentially regulates itself, eliminating the need for batteries used in many current designs. The key innovation is an electrolyzer that automatically adapts to changing sunlight by…

Scientists discover a strange property in rice and turn it into a smart material

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/06/260611024621.htm

Published: June 11, 2026 08:29

Scientists discovered that rice behaves in a highly unusual way: it weakens under rapid compression but stays stronger when pressure is applied slowly. Using this effect, they engineered a new material that reacts differently to gentle movements and sudden…

AI could uncover new physics faster but there’s a surprising catch

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/06/260611024557.htm

Published: June 11, 2026 05:16

Scientists found that transfer learning can make the search for new physics in the universe much faster, slashing the need for expensive simulations. Yet the approach can backfire when AI relies too heavily on familiar patterns, potentially missing…

Stanford quantum computing breakthrough uses twisted light to work without extreme cooling

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260528074028.htm

Published: May 30, 2026 01:08

A new room-temperature quantum device uses twisted light to entangle photons and electrons, overcoming one of the biggest hurdles in quantum technology. The breakthrough could pave the way for smaller, cheaper quantum systems with applications ranging from…