Quantum computing research and development is growing worldwide; yet the energy and physical resource demands of future quantum-accelerated data centres are unknown. Planning for quantum computing requires strong collaboration between research communities across engineering, physics, environmental sciences, economics, policy, and energy systems and scenario modelling.

Alhamdu Nuhu Bage discusses the use of automated assembly for coin cells.

Jarom Sederholm describes how Pourbaix diagrams can be used in electrochemical research.

US industrial sector water management traditionally overlooks high-value treated water reuse opportunities. To reshape the narrative around industrial water reuse, water-related process boundaries should be expanded to include all water sources and sinks and focus on opportunities for on-site circularity.

Converting lignin into chemicals faces scalability limitations, whereas using lignin in its polymeric form in materials enables macro-scale utilization of lignin. This material-centric approach can help to manage high lignin volumes, address scalability challenges and stabilize prices in biorefinery ecosystems.

Lulu Sun explains how tensile testing can be used to optimize the properties of materials for flexible semiconducting clean technologies.