A team at MIT led by [Professor Douglas Hart] has discovered a new, potentially revelatory method for the generation of hydrogen. Using seawater, pure aluminum, and components from coffee grounds, the ...

Middle East turmoil and China curbs squeeze supply, lift chip material costs Chipmakers brace for gallium spike and helium ...

China's metal export curbs on gallium and germanium could spur some countries to diversify their supply chains away from China. China could also impose more curbs, such as on rare earths, said Luisa ...

Manufacturers have said that prices for key chipmaking metals have doubled, and gallium has climbed sharply, as disruptions ...

An economical means of extracting sustainable hydrogen from seawater or freshwater uses artificial or natural light. The process devised by researchers from RMIT University (Australia), University of ...

Gallium, indium, and germanium are critical for advanced semiconductors and electronics but cannot be mined from their own profitable ore bodies, as they are only found as byproducts of mining zinc, ...

Chinese team’s semiconductor tech research combines power and memory, allowing for smaller and more powerful military ...

Localized anodic oxidation reaction of the material in acidic solution provides method of oxide film to rapidly and reversibly switch between silver surface and matte black.

China has paused export restrictions on gallium until November 27, 2026, giving the U.S. time to solve a supply chain problem of this overlooked but vital strategic metal. Gallium is a minor metal by ...

The Trump administration wants to use DARPA's Open Price Exploration for National Security (OPEN), an AI tool launched in 2023, to calculate what supplies of strategically important rare earths should ...

China’s push to control its exports of gallium has sent international prices for the metal used in semiconductors to a 10-month high as suppliers await official approvals to ship overseas. Chinese ...