Raw material expenses of listed manufacturing companies surged 18.3% year-on-year in the January-March quarter of FY26, highlighting growing input cost pressures amid global uncertainties. The raw ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Vulcan Materials Company proposed a $20 million expansion for its Dixie Lee Quarry in West Knox County. The company wants to add 58 acres to the quarry, which has operated in the ...

A sustainable site incorporates renewable, local, and low-energy input landscape materials and avoids materials, products, and practices that are harmful to the environment. Renewable materials regrow ...

The producer price index jumped 3.9% from a year ago, the highest since July 2022. Consumer prices rose 1.2% in May from a year earlier, missing economists' estimates of 1.3% growth. Core CPI, ...

A closer look at this subgroup of the basic materials sector and some of the best metals stocks to invest in. Materials stocks give investors exposure to the basic building blocks of the global ...

Soft materials are materials that can be easily deformed by thermal stresses or thermal fluctuations at about room temperature. Soft materials include liquids, polymers, foams, gels, colloids, ...

Porous materials are materials with pores (cavities, channels or interstices). The characteristics of a porous material vary depending on the size, arrangement and shape of the pores, as well as the ...

Have you ever wondered what your stuff is made of? Then materials science and engineering is the major for you! Cell phones, semiconductors, automobiles, airplanes, tennis rackets, bicycles, space ...

Welcome to the ME 323 course website for the Spring 2026 term. The material on this site is a complement to the lecture book for the course. And, all material here is accessible without the need to ...

UN says record numbers of people could face acute hunger if conflict continues The world has become well versed in the importance of the strait of Hormuz to the world’s energy flows, but attention is ...