Material Discovery Investment Trends in 2025
As the climate emergency deepens, demand for minerals essential to renewable energy technologies such as solar panels, wind turbines, and electric vehicles is accelerating. This surge in demand is outpacing current production capacity, and without significant new investment, supply shortages could undermine the progress towards global energy transition. Estimates suggest that current investment in […]
Five Startups Transforming Materials Discovery for Industrial Decarbonization
The quest for novel materials is critical in mitigating global climate change and enabling a sustainable future. New materials are essential to develop more efficient batteries, lighter vehicles, and low-carbon alternatives to cement, steel, and other industrial inputs. The pursuit of materials discovery is being accelerated by recent advances in computational modeling, artificial intelligence, […]
Emerging Technologies Driving the Materials Discovery Revolution
Achieving Net Zero hinges on novel materials capable of unlocking breakthroughs in hard-to-abate sectors like heavy industry, transport, and energy. Despite advances in computing and lab technologies, materials discovery remains slow, driven largely by trial-and-error experimentation. The average timeline from discovery to commercialization still spans an average of two decades. This delays the deployment […]
Why Materials Discovery Is Key to the Net Zero Transition
The success of the clean energy transition depends on reliable access to critical minerals and breakthroughs in advanced materials. Global demand for minerals such as lithium, nickel, and cobalt is projected to triple by 2030 and quadruple by 2040. As demand for clean technologies like solar panels, wind turbines, and grid-scale batteries grows, innovation in […]