Sometimes, what goes up doesn’t come back down — instead, it becomes a problem. Junk is accumulating in space at a fantastic pace, millions of pieces orbit the Earth, from broken satellites to lost ...

The recycled-materials scale is enormous: $183.6 billion in U.S. economic impact and 600,000 jobs. Advanced sorting technologies like AI and LIBS are revolutionizing material recovery and quality ...

For a long time, material development has focused on enhancing performance and reducing costs. Efforts have been directed toward making products lighter, tougher, better insulated, more beautiful, ...